This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding …. Malaysia, unlike Pakistan, was able to sustain rapid economic growth with equally impressive reduction in poverty because the …

the turnaround in Pakistan''s external current account during this period; (2) while Pakistan''s growth was mainly export … investment; and (3) the structural reforms implemented in Pakistan during the past four years should make the observed …

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

Pakistan’s economic performance has been marred by persistently high fiscal deficits which have resulted largely from … Pakistan, the purpose of which is to underscore the difficulty in adopting and implementing a sound agricultural tax policy. It …

This paper analyses the social incidence of the general sales tax (GST) in Pakistan. The main finding of the study is … that contrary to widespread perception, the social incidence of the GST in Pakistan is slightly progressive. The main … reason for this counterintuitive result is that most items heavily consumed by the poor are exempt from GST in Pakistan …

Pakistan. The analysis focuses on how the large volume of FCDs and the specific institutional characteristics of those deposits … have made the Pakistan economy highly vulnerable to exogenous shocks. The analysis shows that FCDs created another channel …

; and (ii) the ceiling on government borrowing from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Since end-December 2013, SBP has …) protecting the most vulnerable; (iv) implementing further structural reforms to unlock Pakistan’s medium-term growth prospects …