Afia Malik

Senior Research Economist

About Me

Afia Malik is a Senior Research Economist in Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad. She received her masterâ€™s degree in Economics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. Passionate researcher with 30 plus years of experience in various research projects. Current research interests are in energy economics and regulatory economics. She has several publications on critical national issues, including power crisis, circular debt, corporate governance in energy companies, privatization, regulatory authorities, petroleum & gas structure and pricing, oil price shocks and their impact, and so on.

Area of Interest

Energy, Regulation

Education:

Masters in Economics of Development, 1996

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Contribution to PIDE Research

Ineffective measures

April 2024

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Contribution to PIDE Research

Ineffective measures

Revamping Energy Systems for a Sustainable Future

Local Coal for Power Generation in Pakistan (Policy)

Pakistan’s Nuclear Energy Outlook

Local Coal For Power Generation In Pakistan

Challenges and Reforms in Pakistan’s Gas Sector

Decoupling of energy and growth in Pakistan

Power sector woes

Effective electricity regulation

Managing energy imports to save forex reserves

Electricity Tariff Design: A Survey (Policy)

Imf Programme And Energy Crisis

Power System And Blackouts

Legal basis for uniform electricity tariff

Electricity Distribution Failing: Is Privatization a Solution?

NEPRA Amendment in Net-metering Regulation

Effectiveness of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority

Gas Crisis In Pakistan

Electricity Tariff Design: A Survey

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA)

Thoughts on Integrated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30

Privatisation of Electricity Distribution Companies—A Way Forward?

Power Sector: Effective Regulation not Regulatory Burden

Thoughts on Urban Resilience and Utility Services

Urban Resilience and its Impact on Electricity Provision in Karachi, Islamabad and Peshawar

Corporate Governance in the State-Owned Electricity Distribution Companies

Gas and Petroleum Market Structure and Pricing

In power projects: History, Policy and Politics

Developing Electricity Market

Unlocking Energy Innovations

Energy Productivity for sustainable development

Circular debt – an Unfortunate Misnomer (P & R Vol.2 Issue 5)

Pide Energy Roundtables

The Gas System In Pakistan

Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Pt II

Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Pt I

Circular Debt—an Unfortunate Misnomer

An Assessment of Pakistan’s Export Performance and the Way Forward

Power Crisis In Pakistan: A Crisis In Governance?

Crude Oil Price, Monetary Policy and Output: The Case of Pakistan

Manoranjan Mohanty, Richard Baum, Rong Ma, George Mathew (eds.). Grassroots Democracy in India and China: The Right to Participate.(Shorter Notices-2008-1)

How Pakistan Is Coping with the Challenge of High Oil Prices

Ejaz Akram. Ideals and Realities of Regional Integration in the Muslim World: The Case of the Economic Cooperation Organisation. (Shorter Notices-2007-3)

Pradip Ninan Thomas and Jan Servaes (ed.). Intellectual Property Rights and Communications in India: Conflicting Traditions. (Shorter Notices-2006-3)

Noureddine Berrah, Fei Feng, Roland Priddle, and Leiping Wang. Sustainable Energy in China: The Closing Window of Opportunity. (Shorter Notices-2007-2)

Effectiveness of Regulatory Structure in the Power Sector of Pakistan

Hans De Wit, Isabel Cristina Jaramillo, Jocelyne Gacel-Avila, and Jane Knight (eds.). Higher Education in Latin America: The International Dimension. (Shorter Notices-2005-2)

Harry G. Broadman, James Anderson, Constantijn A. Claessens, Randi Ryterman, Stefka Slavova, Maria Vagliasindi, and Gallina A. Vincelette. Building Market Institutions in South Eastern Europe: Comparative Prospects for Investment and Private Sector Development. (Shorter Notices-2004-3)

Stuart Gillespie and Lawrence J. Haddad. The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Asia: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003. Paperback. Indian Rs 280.00. 235 pages.

Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan, and Pierre Walter (eds.). Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds. (Shorter Notices-2003-3)

Brij Kothari, P. G. Vijaya Sherry Chand, and Michael Norton (eds.). Reading Beyond the Alphabet: Innovations in Lifelong Literacy. (Shorter Notices-2003-2)

Naila Kabeer, Geetha B. Nambissan, and Ramya Subrahmanian. Child Labour and the Right to Education in South Asia: Needs versus Rights? New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2003. 412 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 365.00.

Taeko Hoshino. Industrialisation and Private Enterprises in Mexico. Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies. (Shorter Notices-2002-2)

Srinavas R. Melkote and H. Leslie Steeves. Communication for Development in the Third World: Theory and Practice for Empowerment. (Shorter Notices-2002-1)

Debt and Economic Growth in South Asia

Brenda Cranney. Local Environment and Lived Experience: The Mountain Women of Himachal Pradesh. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. Hardbound. 287 pages. Indian Rs 495.00.

John G. Sommer. Empowering the Oppressed: Grassroots Advocacy Movements in India. (Shorter Notices-2001-3)

Debal K. SinghaRoy (ed). Social Development and the Empowerment of Marginalised Groups: Perspectives and Strategies. (Shorter Notices-2001-2)

Rita Manchanda (ed.). Women, War and Peace in South Asia: Beyond Victimhood to Agency. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 304 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 295.00.

The Relationship between Real Wages and Output: Evidence from Pakistan

Demand for Textile and Clothing Exports of Pakistan

Norman Uphoff, Milton J. Esman and Anirudh Krishna. Reasons for Success: Learning from Instructive Experiences in Rural Development. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. Paperback. Indian Rs 250.00. 233 pages.

Gary Saxonhouse and T. N. Srinivasan (eds). Development, Duality, and the International Economic Regime: Essays in Honour of Gustav Ranis. (Shorter Notices1998-3)

Prayag Mehta. Psychological Strategy for Alternative Human Development: India’s Performance Since Independence. (Shorter Notices-1998-2)

Ross Mallick. Development, Ethnicity and Human Rights in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. Hardbound. Indian Rs 425.00. 375 pages.

John Robert Shotton. Learning and Freedom: Policy, Pedagogy and Paradigms in Indian Education and Schooling. (Shorter Notices-1998-1)

Kamal Nayan Kabra. Development Planning in India: Exploring an Alternative Approach. (Shorter Notices-1997-3)

K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan (eds). Kerala’s Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequences. (Shorter Notices-1997-2)

Barbara Harriss-White. The Political Economy of Agricultural Markets in South India: Masters of the Countryside. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1996. 425 pages. Hardbound. Indian Rs 395.00.

Raff Carmen. Autonomous Development: Humanising the Landscape: An Excursion into Radical Thinking and Practice. (Shorter Notices-1997-1)

Jan Sarvaes, Thomas L. Jacobson and Shirley A. White (eds). Participatory Communication for Social Change. New Delhi: Sage Publications. 1996. 286 pages. Hardbound. Indian Rs 325.00.

Peter Knorringa. Economics of Collaboration: Indian Shoemakers between Market and Hierarchy. (Shorter Notices-1996-3)

Exports, Growth and Causality: An Application of Co-integration and Error-correction Modelling