seeking to minimize the distortionary costs of taxation, using Pakistan and Sri Lankan data for 1956-95 and 1964 …-97, respectively. The empirical results indicate that Pakistan’s fiscal behavior is consistent with tax smoothing, but not Sri Lanka …

Pakistan undertook major financial sector reforms starting in the late 1980s. The effects of these reforms on the …

This paper presents three empirical approaches to forecasting inflation in Pakistan. The preferred approach is a … parameter instability on account of fundamental changes in Pakistan''s economic system by restricting our sample to more recent …

The floods in Pakistan are a natural disaster of massive proportions. The overall impact will critically depend on how …

The distribution of poor population in Pakistan suggests that almost 75 percent of the poor are clustered around the … for Pakistan’s economy both on domestic and external fronts …

Pakistan. The implementation of the structural agenda faced delays but politically difficult reforms were assured to be …

The government of Pakistan completed its second full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP-II) in December 2008. PRSP …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Pakistan's tax reform and revenue performance. The paper assesses the nature and … magnitude of Pakistan's actual twin debt problem in a historical context, and reviews the policy options. The study highlights … regard to the linkages between performance and the structure of exports. The paper reviews a survey of poverty in Pakistan …