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Pushing on a string? Price and enforcement interventions to reduce theft in Pakistan’s power sector

Project Active from 1 Feb 2023 to 28 Feb 2025 Sustainable Growth and Energy

This study embeds two randomised experiments to test how electricity theft in Pakistan responds to changes in pricing, solar availability, and moral messaging.

Researchers

Tim Dobermann

Tim Dobermann

Research Director, International Growth Centre

Robin Burgess

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Michael Greenstone

Milton Friedman Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Faraz Hayat

IGC Postdoctoral Researcher, International Growth Centre

Usman Naeem

PhD Candidate in Economics and Public Policy, Tufts University and The Fletcher School

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