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    A fresh assessment of the underground economy and tax evasion in Pakistan: causes, consequences, and linkages with the formal economy

    Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2007
    This paper estimates the size and consequences of the underground economy and tax evasion on the formal GDP in Pakistan. The author concludes that while the underground economy has significant impact on the formal economy, the reverse is not the case. In the long run, the underground economy and formal economy are positively associated.
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    Habitat Debate Vol 13, No. 1: financing for the urban poor

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2007
    In Africa, Asia and Latin America the demand for shelter and basic services far outstrips supply, particularly in urban slums.
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    Pakistan: a preliminary assessment of the federal tax system

    International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2006
    Despite ongoing reforms, Pakistan’s taxation system is still unable to raise adequate revenues, due to a narrow tax base and widespread tax evasion.
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    Beauty queens and wallflowers: currency unions in the Middle East and Central Asia

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    Against the background of the theory of optimum currency areas, this paper analyses possible scenarios for establishing a currency union (CU) in the Middle East and Central Asia region.The paper outlines the theory of optimum currency areas and provides an overview of recent empirical findings on the benefits and cost of membership.Through statistical analysis based on countries’ GDP, growth
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    Altruism and workers' remittances: evidence from selected countries in the Middle East and Central Asia

    International Monetary Fund, 2006
    Workers’ remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. Assessing the likely stability of remittance flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities.
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    Lifting the lid on foreign investment contracts: the real deal for sustainable development

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005
    This Briefing Paper focuses on deals between foreign investors and governments – foreign investment contracts. It argues that the terms of these deals have major implications for whether investment projects bring real benefits for the people and environments of the countries where they take place, or whether instead they undermine sustainable development.
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    Migrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants.  A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.
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    Pakistan 2005 Earthquake: preliminary damage and needs assessment

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005
    This assessment estimates the damage and reconstruction costs of the October 8, 2005 earthquake that struck areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in Pakistan.
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    Agricultural growth and rural poverty: a review of evidence

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005
    This report examines the apparent paradox that emerged over the 1990s of relatively good reported agricultural growth accompanied by increasing levels of poverty.
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    Private sector participation in health

    HLSP Institute, UK, 2004
    This document, from HLSP, examines a range of approaches to strengthening public-private sector partnerships in order to scale up affordable and quality-assured health services. The document summarises and assesses the evidence base for the impact of private sector interventions on the health of the poor and on the wider health systems.

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