Financing Social Policy in the Presence of Informality (Working Paper) Working paper 31 Mar 2012 State and Tax Project Design and financing of social policies in developing countries: Pakistan case study Authors Ehtisham Ahmad Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Michael Best Associate Professor, Columbia University Ahmad-Best-2012-Working-Paper.pdf Download PDF document • 1.64 MB Share Share More from IGC IGC-CATA AI Taskforce Bootcamp 25–26 August 2026 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Past Event Gender, fragility, and energy access: A neglected intersection Sanjana Srivastav Blog Data and AI How can AI help detect non-compliance and improve tax enforcement? Laura Fras Blog How to use third-party reporting to raise VAT compliance: Evidence from Paraguay Michael Carlos Best,, Florian Grosset-Touba, Gaston Pierri, Evan Sadler, Panos Toulis Policy brief Themes State Tax Countries Pakistan