Understanding Informality in the Wholesale, Retail and Real Estate Sectors

About the Authors

Umair Javed

Assistant Professor of Poltics and Sociology at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Sher Afghan Asad

Behavioral and Public Economist

Hamed Ateeq Sarwar

Member, Inland Revenue Service

  • Posted On: May 6, 2025

This research was conducted by Consortium for Development Policy Research for the  Pakistan Business Council (PBC). The primary objective of the study was to identify how these three sectors i.e., the wholesale, retail & real estate continue to operate for the most part in the informal economy. The study also makes recommendations for bringing these three sectors into the formal economy.

A launch event for the Study was held in Islamabad on May 3rd, 2023.

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