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., IMF in postwar economic reconstruction: a structured topic modelling. Manuscript submitted to Development and Change

(Received on 13th February 2026)

2. Rafi, K., Technology-in-practice: ICT use in Afghanistan’s manufacturing sector. Submitted to The European Journal of Development Research

(Accepted for the Early Career Researcher Initiative)

Working Papers and Ongoing Projects

1. Rafi, K., Uncertainty mitigation in an emerging private manufacturing sector.
2. Rafi, K., IMF policy advocacy responsiveness to rising insecurity: a structured topic modelling
3. Rafi, K., IMF policy advocacy under wartime conditions: a structured topic modelling
4. Rafi, K., Formal institutions and administrative state in post-war state-building
5. Rafi, K., Enabling environment: Tracing the Concept in World Bank Documents