# Media/News
## Policy Notes
[Pilot Study on the Effect of Political Influence on Tax Payment Compliance](http://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Abbas-et-al-2017-Final-report.pdf) by Ali Abbas, Asim I. Khwaja, Adnan Khan, and Monica Singhal
March 2017
International Growth Centre
[Rewarding Bureaucrats: Can Incentives Improve Public Sector Performance?](http://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IGCJ5270_PublicSectorWorkersGrowthBrief_220317_WEB.pdf) by Oriana Bandiera, Adnan Khan, and Julia Tobias
March 2017
International Growth Centre
[Understanding the Levers for Improving Teacher Quality ](http://www.riseprogramme.org/sites/www.riseprogramme.org/files/Insights%20-%20CRT%20PK%20C%20Brown%20FINAL.pdf) by Christina Brown
February 23, 2017
Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)
[Do Incentives Improve Tax Collectors' Performance and Increase Tax Collection in Pakistan?](http://www.3ieimpact.org/media/filer_public/2017/02/10/pakistanp-property-tax.pdf)
January 2017
International Initiative on Impact Evaluation (3ie)
[Pakistan: Does Sharing Test Scores with Parents Improve Student Learning? ](http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/198041476862600248/pdf/109329-REVISED-PUBLIC-E2P-Pakistan-Test-Scores.pdf) by Laura Burke
December 2016
The World Bank
[Paying for Performance](https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/publications/paying-for-performance.pdf)
January 2016
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
[Pujab Property Tax Experiment](http://cerp.org.pk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=237&Itemid=196)
Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
[Education Policy in Pakistan: A Framework for Reform](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/akhwaja/papers/Education_Policy_in_Pakistan_12-12-2010_.pdf) by Tahir R. Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja
December 2010
IGC International Growth Centre - Pakistan
[The Impact of the Hajj](/sites/g/files/omnuum3221/files/asimkhwaja/files/imapct_hajj.pdf "imapct_hajj.pdf") by David Clingingsmith, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, and Michael Kremer
October 2008
Dubai School of Government
[Pakistan: Learning and Educational Achievements in Punjab Schools (LEAPS)](http://www.leapsproject.org/assets/publications/LEAPS_Report_FINAL.pdf) by Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Tara Vishwanath, Tristan Zajonc, and the LEAPS team
February 20, 2007
The LEAPS Project
## Articles
[Using Data to Improve Accountability among Pakistan's Tax Collectors](https://tax-case.herokuapp.com/index.html) by Evidence for Policy Design
November 2016
BCURE Case Study
[Impact of Incentives on Tax Collectors and Taxpayers](http://microeconomicinsights.org/impact-of-incentives-on-tax-collectors-and-taxpayers/) with Adnan Q. Khan and Benjamin A. Olken
June 23, 2016
Microeconomic Insights
[Education is becoming an extremist battleground in Pakistan](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/01/29/education-is-becoming-an-extremist-battleground-in-pakistan/?utm_term=.7f1b3fd31809) with Tahir Andrabi
January 29, 2016
The Washington Post
[The Madrasa Myth](http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/06/01/the-madrasa-myth/) with Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and C. Christine Fair
June 1, 2009
Foreign Policy
[Mecca and Moderation](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/opinion/20iht-edmecca.html) with David Clingingsmith and Michael Kremer
May 20, 2008
The New York Times
[The Hajj: Mecca and Moderation](https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-hajj-mecca-and-moderation/) with David Clingingsmith and Michael Kremer
May 20, 2008
Brookings
## Videos
[IDSS Presents: 'Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools'](https://www.prgs.edu/events/2015/03/11.html) with Asim Khwaja
March 11, 2015
Pardee Rand Graduate School
[Taxing Pakistan: How to Motivate Civil Servants](http://www.theigc.org/multimedia/taxing-pakistan-how-to-motivate-civil-servants/) with Asim Khwaja, Benjamin Olken, and Adnan Khan
January 19, 2015
International Growth Centre
## In The News
[Better Information to Improve Service Delivery: New Evidence](http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/better-information-improve-service-delivery-new-evidence)
August 3, 2017
The World Bank: Let's Talk Development
[An A+ Experiment: How report cards transformed Pakistan's educational market](https://www.aeaweb.org/research/report-cards-pakistan-education)
July 12, 2017
American Economic Association
[Religion and Economic Outcomes](http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/mysay-religion-and-economic-outcomes)
June 9, 2017
The Edge Malaysia
[Tax Collection and Civil Society](http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/01/tax-collection-and-civil-society)
December 7, 2016
Harvard Magazine
[How Personality Testing could Help Financial Inclusion](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21707978-how-personality-testing-could-help-financial-inclusion-tests-character)
October 1, 2016
The Economist
[After the Hajj: Mecca Residents Grow Hostile to Changes in the Holy City](https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/sep/14/mecca-hajj-pilgrims-tourism#img-1)
September 14, 2016
The Guardian
[Foreign Aid Should Support Private Schooling, not Private Schools](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2016/06/29/foreign-aid-should-support-private-schooling-not-private-schools/)
June 29, 2016
Brookings
[Four Ideas Changing How the Punjab Government Thinks about Development](http://www.theigc.org/blog/4-ideas-that-are-changing-how-the-punjab-government-thinks-about-development/)
June 29, 2016
International Growth Centre
[Atrapados en Medio de Paises en Desarrollo](http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/especiales/394606-atrapados-medio-paises-desarrollo/)
June 7, 2016
El Nuevo Diario
[Some lenders are judging you on much more than finances](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-new-credit-score-20151220-story.html)
December 19, 2015
Los Angeles Times
[Making government work](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/11/making-government-work/)
November 10, 2015
Harvard Gazette
[Low-Cost Private Schools: Learning Unleashed](http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21660063-where-governments-are-failing-provide-youngsters-decent-education-private-sector)
August 1, 2015
The Economist
[So Much Aid, So Little Education](https://www.dawn.com/news/1192624)
July 6, 2015
Dawn
[Aligning Incentives: The Effectiveness of Performance-Based Pay for Tax Officials](http://chicagopolicyreview.org/2015/02/20/aligning-incentives-the-effectiveness-of-performance-based-pay-for-tax-officials/)
February 20, 2015
Chicago Policy Review
[Corporate Corner: IGC Highlights Salary Incentive for Tax Collectors ](https://tribune.com.pk/story/824877/corporate-corner-igc-highlights-salary-incentive-for-tax-collectors/)
January 21, 2015
The Express Tribune
[Reward Tax Collectors to Boost Their Performance](http://nation.com.pk/business/21-Jan-2015/reward-tax-collectors-to-boost-their-performance)
The Nation
[The Promise of Pakistan's Private Schools](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-promise-of-pakistans-private-schools-1418317180)
December 11, 2014
The Wall Street Journal
[Public-Private Partnership: 'Is Education a Public Right or a Commodity?'](https://tribune.com.pk/story/399642/public-private-partnership-is-education-a-public-right-or-a-commodity/)
June 27, 2012
The Express Tribune
[IGC Researchers Present to Commons Select Committee ](http://www.theigc.org/news-item/igc-researchers-present-to-commons-select-committee/)
April 18, 2012
International Growth Centre
[Move to Make Quality Education Affordable](https://www.dawn.com/news/729732/move-to-make-quality-education-affordable)
June 26, 2012
Dawn
[Pakistan Needs More than Three Cups of Tea](http://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/07/pakistan-needs-more-than-three-cups-of-tea/)
January 7, 2010
Foreign Policy
[Asim Khwaja: Education in Pakistan](https://prospectjournal.org/2009/11/21/interview-asim-khwaja/)
November 21, 2009
Prospect: Journal of International Affairs at UCSD
[How the Haj Affects Attitudes: Making Muslims more Tolerant](https://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2008/12/economists_do_the_hajj)
December 9, 2008
The Economist
[Hajj Makes Muslims More Tolerant, Study Suggests](http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/hajj.tolerance/index.html?eref=rss_latest#cnnSTCText)
December 9, 2008
CNN