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Property tax experiment in Punjab, Pakistan: Testing the role of wages, incentives, and audit on tax inspectors’ behaviour Tournaments for postings: Using transfers and postings as an incentive for property tax inspectors in Pakistan

Taxing Pakistan: How to motivate civil servants

Video 19 Jan 2015 State and Tax

Salary incentives for tax collectors could significantly increase the amount of taxes raised in Pakistan, according to this new IGC film (produced by Econ Films).

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Asim-Khwaja

Asim Khwaja

Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Benjamin Olken

TEPCO Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Adnan Khan

Chief Economist, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

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