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Why is it so difficult to implement a GST in Pakistan?

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This paper is based on a presentation at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Lahore School of Economics, April 2010, and an International Growth Centre workshop at LUMS in June 2010.

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  • 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.
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    1. Ehtisham Ahmad, 2010. "Design of a VAT for the GCC Common Market," Chapters, in: Ehtisham Ahmad & Abdulrazak Al Faris (ed.), Fiscal Reforms in the Middle East, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Ahmad,Etisham & Stern,Nicholas, 1991. "The Theory and Practice of Tax Reform in Developing Countries," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521265638.
    3. Ehtisham Ahmad & Abdulrazak Al Faris (ed.), 2010. "Fiscal Reforms in the Middle East," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13856.
    4. Ahmad,Etisham & Stern,Nicholas, 1991. "The Theory and Practice of Tax Reform in Developing Countries," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521397421.
    5. 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.
    6. Roy Bahl & Sally Wallace & Musharraf Cyan, 2008. "Pakistan: Provincial Government Taxation," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0807, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
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