Research

Peer Reviewed Papers

Rafi, K. 2025

Ograyi and Bourdieusian social capital in Afghanistan’s manufacturing sector, Third World Quarterly

Rafi, K. 2024

Minimalist Economic Management, Deferred Revenue Regime and Aid Dependency: Explaining Contradictory Post-War Statebuilding Aims, Global Policy Journal, 15(5): 869-885

Rafi, K. 2018

Information and Communication Technology in development; a contextual approach, Indian Journal of Human Development, 12(3): 453-461

Rafi, K. 2015

The Afghan insurgency and the uncertainty of peace negotiations, Journal of Perspectives on Terrorism, Centre for Security Studies, University of Massachusetts (Lowell) and ETH Zürich, 9(5): 69-72

Papers Submitted

1. Rafi, K., technology-in-practice: ICT use in Afghanistan’s manufacturing sector. Resubmitted to The European Journal of Development Research following editorial review

(Received on 15th March 2026)

2. Rafi, K., uncertainty mitigation in an emerging private manufacturing sector. Submitted to Review of Development Economics

(Received on 27th May 2026)

Working Papers and Ongoing Projects

1. Rafi, K., the power to constitute: IMF policy role in the early postwar moment
2. Rafi, K., scholastic bias: IMF policy advocacy responsiveness to rising insecurity
3. Rafi, K., realism or autonomy: IMF policy role post-2014 United States military drawdown from Afghanistan
4. Rafi, K., what does the World Bank mean by ‘Enabling environment’?
5. Rafi, K., formal institutions and administrative state in post-war state-building