Greener Journal of Social Sciences

Greener Journal of  Social Sciences Vol. 8 (2), pp. 012-017, June 2018

  ISSN: 2276-7800 © 2018 GJSS

Research Paper

Manuscript Number: 050918067

DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2018.2.050918067

 

Community Perception towards the Socio-Economic Impact of CPEC on Northern Pakistan

 

 

Anayat Ullah^{1, 3}, Shavana Sahar Bangash^{1, 2}* and

Yasir Ali³

 

 

¹Multidisciplinary Department, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

²Master’s in Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

³M. Phil Research Scholar, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Abstract

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) targets the less developed areas of Pakistan and China. In this way underdeveloped and deprived areas come into the road map of new era of holistic development. In the current study, the local community perception towards the socio-economic impact of CPEC projects was examined in different regions of Gilgit Baltistan (GB). The primary data was collected from three main divisions of GB i.e. Gilgit, Skardu and Hunza and samples of one hundred and twenty respondents were interviewed. The data from the above regions were collected and was analysed using N-vivo software for thematic analysis, with the aim to present the perception of local people regarding the ongoing projects of CPEC. The study consists of socio-economic indicators with qualitative in nature and its various dimensions including education, tourism, businesses, constitutional rights and their living standard.  According to the study findings, it is obvious that CPEC is having a beneficial impact on socio-economic condition of the GB. By having new opportunities to the local people of GB in various aspects i.e. economic, political and social, this would help them for their sustainable development and capacity building.

Keywords: socio-economic conditions; local perception; CPEC; Gilgit Baltistan; Pakistan China.

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