This paper assesses the size of the underground ~conomy and tax evasion in Pakistan for the period 1973-96. Using monetary approach, the results confirm the existence of large underground economy and higher tax evasion over the period under analysis. The overall underground economy has...

This report compiles a latest social accounting matrix (SAM) of Pakistan for the year 1989-90. The SAM framework provides useful information about the structure of Pakistan's economy. Within this framework, the preferred classifications of various accounts are undertaken according to the policy...

This study attempts to provide an analytical answer to the important economic issue of whether workers’ remittances contributed to economic growth in Pakistan during the period 1972-73 to 2002-03. The quantitative evidence shows that workers’ remittances appeared to be an important source of...