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But Pakistan is definitely falling back while rest of the world is moving on.
That is too simplistic a claim - before the floods the Pakistani economy was projected to increase at 4.5%, with single digit inflation, and economic growth was to increase even more in subsequent years given continuity of policy. That stacks up favorably with many nations, and indicates progression, not regression.
The floods have set back growth and inflation targets, but are largely a result of nature, not government policy, and may in fact have a silver lining in that the GoP is forced to undertake economic reforms and increase domestic revenue sources (widening the tax net) to fund reconstruction. In the long run these reforms will pay off big time, and possibly would not have been undertaken were it not for the floods.