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  "title": "Pakistan: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility",
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    "Authors: Arrangement. Executive Directors",
    "Published: December 14, 2001",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451830620.002",
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