China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) development projects and entrepreneurial potential of locals

Kanwal, Shamsa; Pitafi, Abdul Hameed; Pitafi, Adnan; Nadeem, Muhammad; Younis, Amna; Ren, Chong

doi:10.1002/pa.1954

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“…Local people expect numerous job opportunities and high earning position via CPEC, which can mitigate their poverty [31]. In general, our findings are related to Kanwal et al [30], where several benefits of the CEPC; employment opportunities, poverty reeducation, and social welfare are reported.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…In line with Hansen et al [62], who argued that new projects and international resources create new opportunities for the betterment of people. Moreover, Kanwal et al [30] also revealed that CPEC will significantly expand job the circle of job opportunities for local communities and a common man in Pakistan. Additionally, Chen et al [27] also revealed that CPEC is a mega project and perceived for millions of job in different sectors.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, many people living in rural areas are unable to start their businesses due to a lack of financial resources and the lack of market demands. CPEC will encourage them and will boost entrepreneurial intention among rural individuals [30,31]. CPC can become a significant predictor of economic growth for both regions [32] because of its crucial role in improving various industrial sectors.…”

Section: Cpec and Economic Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Its Influence on Perceived Economic and Social Goals: Implications for Social Policy Makers

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has initiated as a mega project by China and Pakistan to benefit economic growth and free trade. CPEC is in the initial stage, and policymakers and government officials consider CPEC as a “game-changer” for both the countries, as, potentially, it will generate numerous business and employment opportunities for local citizens as well as international outreach. Recently, a plethora of research has discussed both the macro as well as micro level advantages of CPEC, but has only been focused theoretically due to the emerging term. How beneficial the CPEC for a local community, and how it is perceived by the local people is not yet discussed by prior studies. This research fills the gap and examines the potential benefits of CPEC for local citizens of Pakistan. A mixed method approach was adopted to collect the data, as survey through structured questionnaire was conducted with a total of 445 citizens (323 male and 122 female), and a face-to-face interview with 32 citizens (28 male and four female) from the communities living along the CPEC routes. The findings show that, through the development of CPEC, local citizens perceive significant improvement in their lives, particularly the quality of life, better employment opportunities, and poverty reduction, while they have an insignificant perception about environmental protection and quality of education. This research recommends policy makers to build new educational institutions, encourage investors to invest in the industrial sector, and formulate environmental strategies to unleash maximum benefits of CPEC. Moreover, government official and policy makers may create awareness of CPEC projects and their benefits among the communities to get their support.

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Section: Cpec and Economic Goalsmentioning

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Its Influence on Perceived Economic and Social Goals: Implications for Social Policy Makers

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“…This study examined the benefits and advantages of CPEC for women in the rural areas of Pakistan. Although there are several studies that have examined the role of CPEC in economic development, employment and livelihood of citizens [5,7,15]. But, studies to examine how the CEPC would benefit rural women of Pakistan in terms of new opportunities, quality of life and self-enhancement are missing.…”

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China-Pakistan economic corridor and its impact on rural development and human life sustainability. Observations from rural women

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become a "game-changer" not only for policymakers but also for common citizens of China and Pakistan because of its potential benefits in the economic prosperity and sustainable development in the lives of individuals. Recently, scholars have shown a great interest in researching the eminence of CPEC. Despite prodigious efforts of scholars, the question "how CPEC would influence living standards of rural women and what they perceive?" has been remained unanswered. The present study is the first attempt to unearth the perceptions of rural areas' women towards CPEC. We collected empirical evidence through a structured questionnaire from 302 educated rural women and interviewing 32 uneducated rural women. The following major conclusions are drawn through structural equation modeling via AMOS 21: the rural women significantly directly perceive new opportunities through CPEC; however, they perceive that the CPEC would not directly influence their quality of life and self-enhancement, but through the development of these rural areas. Rural development partially mediates the relationship between CPEC development and perceived opportunities while it fully mediates the relationships between CPEC development and quality of life as well as between CPEC development and self-enhancement. Policymakers need to emphasize on development of rural areas that would improve living standards of poor communities. The government needs to meet the expectations of poor communities and rural women to ensure their sustainable development.

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“…In short, the level of safety climate of organization plays an important role in the operation of coal-mine safety production, and the improvement level of safety climate depends on the organization's emphasis and the attention degree on safety [16,17]. According to the theory of social exchange [18][19][20], the safety climate level of organization and the behavioral decision of miners are equivalent and reciprocal. At the same time, the supervision of first-line managers also affects the behavioral decision making of miners.…”

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Game Modelling and Strategy Research on Trilateral Evolution for Coal-Mine Operational Safety Production System: A Simulation Approach

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In view of the particularity and high risk of coal mining industry, the decision-making behavior of multiple agents inside the coal-mine enterprise plays a very important role in ensuring the safety and sustainable development of coal mining industry. The existing literature studies on coal-mine safety production focus mainly on statically analyzing the game among the external entities such as the government, the enterprises themselves, and the employees inside the enterprise from a macro perspective,are short of research on revealing the dynamic interactions among the actors directly involved in the coal-mine accidents and also on proposals for effective interactions that will lead to improved safety outcomes. Therefore, this paper explores the use of evolutionary game theory to describe the interactions among the stakeholders in China’s coal-mine safety production system, which includes the organization, the first-line miners, and the first-line managers. Moreover, the paper also explores dynamic simulations of the evolutionary game model to analyze the stability of stakeholder interactions and to identify equilibrium solutions. The simulation results show that when certain conditions are met, the decision-making behavior of the organization, miners, and managers can evolve into the unique ideal steady state (1, 1, 1). In addition, the strategy portfolio with a relatively high initial proportion of three agents converges more quickly to an ideal state than a relatively low strategy portfolio. Moreover, the stable state and equilibrium values are not affected by the initial value changes. Finally, we find that the combination of positive incentive policies and strict penalties policies can make the evolutionary game system converge to desired stability faster. The application of the evolutionary game and numerical simulation when simulating the multiplayer game process of coal-mine safety production is an effective way, which provides a more effective solution to the safety and sustainable development of coal mining industry.

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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) development projects and entrepreneurial potential of locals

Cited by 38 publications

References 66 publications

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Its Influence on Perceived Economic and Social Goals: Implications for Social Policy Makers

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Its Influence on Perceived Economic and Social Goals: Implications for Social Policy Makers

China-Pakistan economic corridor and its impact on rural development and human life sustainability. Observations from rural women

Game Modelling and Strategy Research on Trilateral Evolution for Coal-Mine Operational Safety Production System: A Simulation Approach

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