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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global AffairsSouth Asia Center presents:
 Understanding the Woes of Pakistan’s\nElectricity Sector and Possible Solu
 tions: A Behavioral\nApproach&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; \n\n \n\nElectri
 city fuels all aspects of our\neveryday lives\, including production\, con
 sumption\, communication\,\ntransportation\, and routine financial transac
 tions. Pakistan’s electricity\nsector has long been facing unprecedented c
 hallenges. It is stuck in a bad equilibrium\ncharacterized by costly energ
 y production\, overloaded infrastructure\, high\ntransmission and distribu
 tion losses\, extraordinary load shedding\, and mounting\ncircular debt. C
 onsequently\, the economy as a whole suffers from unreliable and\npoor qua
 lity of electricity provision. Why\, despite the attention given by\nevery
  government\, has this sector not been able to recover from the bad\nequil
 ibrium? Drawing upon the findings from our recent work\, this talk will\nm
 ainly focus on the distortions in the distribution system arising from: (i
 )\nhigh distribution losses due to unmetered consumption or theft\, and (i
 i) low\nrevenue recovery.Javed Younas\nis a Professor of Economics at the 
 American University of Sharjah and a\nResearch Fellow at the Centre for Ec
 onomic Research in Pakistan. He is spending\nhis sabbatical leave this sem
 ester as a Visiting Scholar at the Moynihan Institute.\nIn his previous ac
 ademic/research positions\, he has been an Aman Research\nFellow at Harvar
 d University\, a Short-term Visiting Scholar at the Federal\nReserve Bank 
 of St. Louis and a faculty member at Central Michigan University.\nHis res
 earch focus lies in the areas of international political economy\, energy\
 neconomics\, conflicts and behavioral economics. He has published widely i
 n\nwell-known journals. His detailed professional information can be viewe
 d at: https://sites.google.com/site/javedyounas/\n\n\n&nbsp\;For more info
 rmation or to request additional accommodations\, please contact Emera Bri
 dger Wilson\, elbridge@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:Javed Younas: Understanding the Woes of Pakistan’s Electricity Sect
 or and Possible Solutions 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</p><p>
 South Asia Center presents:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Understanding the Woe
 s of Pakistan’s\nElectricity Sector and Possible Solutions: A Behavioral\n
 Approach&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></p><p> <br></p><p>\n\n</p> <
 p>\n\n</p>Electricity fuels all aspects of our\neveryday lives\, including
  production\, consumption\, communication\,\ntransportation\, and routine 
 financial transactions. Pakistan’s electricity\nsector has long been facin
 g unprecedented challenges. It is stuck in a bad equilibrium\ncharacterize
 d by costly energy production\, overloaded infrastructure\, high\ntransmis
 sion and distribution losses\, extraordinary load shedding\, and mounting\
 ncircular debt. Consequently\, the economy as a whole suffers from unrelia
 ble and\npoor quality of electricity provision. Why\, despite the attentio
 n given by\nevery government\, has this sector not been able to recover fr
 om the bad\nequilibrium? Drawing upon the findings from our recent work\, 
 this talk will\nmainly focus on the distortions in the distribution system
  arising from: (i)\nhigh distribution losses due to unmetered consumption 
 or theft\, and (ii) low\nrevenue recovery.<p><br></p><p><br></p><strong>Ja
 ved Younas</strong>\nis a Professor of Economics at the American Universit
 y of Sharjah and a\nResearch Fellow at the Centre for Economic Research in
  Pakistan. He is spending\nhis sabbatical leave this semester as a Visitin
 g Scholar at the Moynihan Institute.\nIn his previous academic/research po
 sitions\, he has been an Aman Research\nFellow at Harvard University\, a S
 hort-term Visiting Scholar at the Federal\nReserve Bank of St. Louis and a
  faculty member at Central Michigan University.\nHis research focus lies i
 n the areas of international political economy\, energy\neconomics\, confl
 icts and behavioral economics. He has published widely in\nwell-known jour
 nals. His detailed professional information can be viewed at: <a href="htt
 ps://sites.google.com/site/javedyounas/">https://sites.google.com/site/jav
 edyounas/</a>\n<p>\n\n</p>&nbsp\;<p>For more information or to request add
 itional accommodations\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson\, elbridge@sy
 r.edu.<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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