Access to power: Electricity and the infrastructural state in Pakistan

• Main Author: NAQVI, Ijlal
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: state capacity; infrastructure; electricity; Pakistan; urban; ethnography; institutions; political economy; development; China–Pakistan Economic Corridor; Asian Studies; Energy Policy; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3883; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5141/viewcontent/9780197540961_web_pvoa_cc_by_nc_nd.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Pakistan would desperately like to produce enough electricity, but it usually doesn’t. This is the rare issue on which government and private sector can unite, and it is the cause of suffering for rich and poor alike across the entirety of the country. Despite prioritization by successive government...