Pakistan's interminable energy crisis : is there any way out? / Edited by Michael Kugelman

Easing an energy crisis that won't end, Michael Kugelman. -- Pakistan's energy crisis: challenges, principles, and strategies, Musadik Malik. -- How coal can help address Pakistan's energy crisis, Khalid Mansoor. -- The role of indigenous natural gas in meeting Pakistan's primary energy needs, Robert M. Lesnick. -- Alleviating the energy crisis: an action plan for the gas and electricity sectors, Akhtar Ali. -- Addressing the present energy crisis by avoiding mistakes of the past, Javed Akbar. -- How to incentivize energy innovation and efficiency, and encourage the rapid deployment of affordable solutions, Shannon Grewer. -- Power sector reforms: Pakistan's energy crisis and ways forward, Nargis Sethi. -- Pakistan's energy secotr: putting it all together, Ziad Alahdad. -- Information about Wilson Center policy brief series on Pakistan's energy crisis.

Pakistan is convulsed by power shortages that at times have approached 50 percent of national demand. And yet the country's energy problems are arguably rooted more in shortages of governance than of pure supply. It is a complicated crisis that threatens Pakistan's economy and its precarious security situation, while also deleteriously affecting the lives of everyday residents across the board. This new publication offers a series of recommendations to ease one of Pakistan's most serious and intractable challenges.