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Pakistan Tax Policy Report: Tapping Tax Bases for Development

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Pakistan’s economic development is once again threatened by macroeconomic imbalances. Broadly speaking, high growth in the 1960s was followed by low growth in the 1970s, and high growth in the 1980s by low growth in the 1990s, as macroeconomic vulnerabilities derailed development. Supported by a favorable global environment, Pakistan returned to a strong development record for much of this decade. Growth accelerated and fiscal and social indicators improved. But as in the past, the gains proved unsustainable, as economic policies adjusted too little and too late to a deterioration in the external environment. The looming crisis is threatening to undo much of the recent development progress.

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  • Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Kaspar Richter, 2009. "Pakistan Tax Policy Report: Tapping Tax Bases for Development," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0908, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
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    1. Ahmad, Ehtisham, 2010. "The political-economy of tax reforms in Pakistan: the ongoing saga of the GST," Discussion Papers 95948, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
    2. Admad, Ehtisham, 2010. "The political-economy of tax reforms in Pakistan: the ongoing saga of the GST," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 38361, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Andrew Feltenstein & Musharraf Cyan, 2012. "A Computational General Equilibrium Approach to Sectoral Analysis for Tax Potential: An Application to Pakistan," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1226, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    4. Ehtisham Ahmad, 2010. "Why is it so Difficult to Implement a GST in Pakistan?," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 15(Special E), pages 139-169, September.
    5. Ahmad, Ehtisham, 2010. "Why is it so difficult to implement a GST in Pakistan?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 36379, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, 2017. "Pakistan: State Autonomy, Extraction, and Elite Capture—A Theoretical Configuration," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 56(2), pages 127-162.

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    Pakistan; Tax policy; Tax Bases;
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