Jim Yong Kim
During a trip to Pakistan on 10 February 2016, World Bank Group's president Jim Yong Kim applauded the economic policies of Sharif's government. He claimed that Pakistan's economic outlook had become more stable. On 19 March, Sharif approved tax incentives in an attempt to attract new automotive manufacturing plants to the country. In November 2016, the government announced that Renault was expected to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018.