Pakistan: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
January 11, 2001
Summary
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 the factors explaining the recent stagnation in merchandise exports, and analyzes the country's export performance with regard to the linkages between performance and the structure of exports. The paper reviews a survey of poverty in Pakistan, and also provides a statistical appendix report of the country.
Subject: Exports, External debt, Income and capital gains taxes, Income tax systems, International trade, Poverty, Public debt, Taxes
Keywords: Baltics, bearer certificate, CR, East Asia, Eastern Europe, expenditure level, export performance, Exports, Global, Income and capital gains taxes, income poverty line, interest rate, ISCR, Middle East, Pakistan, Pakistan rupee, revenue, South Asia, tax, Western Hemisphere
Pages:
182
Volume:
2001
DOI:
Issue:
011
Series:
Country Report No. 2001/011
Stock No:
1PAKEA0012001
ISBN:
9781451830439
ISSN:
1934-7685




