Employment Outlook of China Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Meta-Analysis

This study explores the employment generated in different sectors of the early harvest phase of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) namely; Energy, Infrastructure, Gwadar and Industrial Cooperation. For instance, around 43 major projects have been agreed under CPEC out of which 22 projects are on the fast track of development whereas nine of these are already completed. This study analyses the direct employment created under the aforementioned projects which are completed or commenced and also draw the projections about the projects which have been agreed so far under CPEC. The study shows that CPEC has generated 80,000 jobs so far in different projects commenced since 2013, and has a potential to create a total of 1.2 million direct jobs through its currently agreed projects. Moreover, with the inclusion of new projects under the CPEC long term plan in sectors like agriculture, tourism, mineral processing, oil and gas and services, the job portfolio is likely to be enhanced many fold.