Pakistan

Working Papers

• The political-economy of tax reforms in Pakistan: the ongoing saga of the GST
  
  Ehtisham Ahmad (2010)
  
  Keywords: Pakistan, tax, political economy
   
• Effective Carbon Taxes and Public Policy Options: Insights from India and Pakistan 
  
  Ehtisham Ahmad, Nicholas Stern (2009)
  
  Keywords: public finance, developing countries, India, Pakistan, indirect tax systems, environmental tax, carbon tax, carbon taxation
   
• Policy Failure, Political Constraints and Political Resources: Basic Education in Pakistan
  
  Haris Gazdar
  
  Keywords: Pakistan, primary education, literacy ratio, literacy, gender inequality, urban/rural inequality

Events

• Pakistan after Bin Laden: Free-fall or resurgence?
  7th June 2012 Speaker: Mr Ali Dayan Hasan. Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
• Design of Tax and Social Policy in the Presence of Informality
  27th-28th February 2012 Supported by IGC
• Modernity's Contents and Discontents in India and Pakistan
  1st March 2012 Speakers: Mr Patrick French, Professor Anatol Lieven, Dr Reshma Ruia, Ms Kamila Shamsie. Chair: Dr Ruth Kattumuri Organised by the Department of Anthropology
• Civilian Assistance to Pakistan - Cure or Curse?
  2nd February 2012 Speakers: Dr Ehtisham Ahmad, Mr Rachid Benmassoud, Dr Robert Hathaway, Mr Shahid Kardar, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Mr Moazzam Malik and Mr Kashif Zafar. Chair: Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
• On Developing a Social Reform Agenda for Pakistan
  1st February 2012 Speakers: Dr Ehtisham Ahmad and Mr Anis Dani. Commentary: Mr Shahid Kardar
• Pakistan and the challenges of a new decade
  26th October 2011 Speaker: Mr Douglas Alexander MP. Chair: Dr Ruth Kattumuri. Discussant: Professor Sumantra Bose
• Pakistan: A Personal History
  20th September 2011 Speaker: Mr Imran Khan. Chair: Professor Lord Nichloas Stern. Discussant: Professor Athar Hussain
• Crisis in Pakistan? Economic policy-making in a dangerous neighbourhood
  26th May 2011 Speaker: Dr Ehtisham Ahmad. Chair: Dr Ruth Kattumuri
• Pakistan's Role in the World and Emerging Trends
  Asia Research Centre and LSESU Pakistan Society Public Lecture Date: Tuesday 22nd February 2011. Time: 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm. Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. Speaker: Ahsan Iqbal. Chair: Athar Hussain. This lecture is part of Pakistan Week 2011
• Floods in Pakistan - Devastation & Political Repercussions
  6th October 2010, Speaker: Zahid Hussain Chair: Professor Athar Hussain

• Pakistan Week 2010 
  22-26 February
   
• Pakistan: The Eye of the Storm
  9 November 2009. 6:30-8:00pm. Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
  Speaker: Owen Bennett-Jones
  Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
  
  BBC journalist and LSE alumnus Owen Bennett-Jones presents on the current situation in Pakistan and on Pakistan in the region. 
   
• Pakistan: A New Taliban Homeland? 
  11 June 2009. 6:00- 7:30pm. B212, Columbia House, Aldwych, LSE
  Speaker: Zahid Hussain, journalist and author
  Chair: Professor Arne Wested, LSE IDEAS
  Discussant: Professor Athar Hussain, Asia Research Centre, LSE
   
• Globalisation and Poverty- the Case of Pakistan
  11 December 2008. 3:00-4:30pm. ARC Seminar Room V1009
  Speaker: Dr. Imran S. Chaudhry, Visiting Fellow, ARC