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The dragon from the mountains : the CPEC from Kashgar to Gwadar / Matthew McCartney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCartney, Matthew, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free ports and zones--Pakistan.
- Free ports and zones.
- Economic development--Pakistan.
- Economic development.
- China--Foreign economic relations--Pakistan.
- China.
- China--Commercial policy.
- Pakistan--Foreign economic relations--China.
- Pakistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- China has promised to invest more than 60billion in Pakistan, in roads, rail, energy and a deep-water port at Gwadar. This is unprecedented relative to decades of minimal foreign direct investment (FDI) entering Pakistan. This is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Support for CPEC in Pakistan is widespread and encompasses much of academia, the military, the mainstream political leadership, and civil society. Supporters argue that CPEC offers the potential to transform Pakistan and support rapid, equitable and sustainable economic growth. Detractors of CPEC argue that it will more likely tip Pakistan into a dependent debt-relationship with China and that it will facilitate more Chinese imports into Pakistan posing a threat to Pakistan's industrial base. This book utilises an in-depth understanding of economic change in contemporary China and Pakistan, and economic theory and studies of big infrastructure projects from the contemporary and historical world to evaluate these contrasting views about CPEC.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Big Infrastructure: Big Problems or Big Benefits?
- CPEC Spillovers Rippling Outwards
- Through the Eyes of Who? Evaluating the Success of the CPEC
- The Dragon Uncoils: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) from Shenzhen to Africa
- The Dragons Embrace: Pakistan-China Trade Policy
- The Will of the Dragon: The Importance of an Industrial Policy
- Conclusion: The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Falcon?
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Aug 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-00375-5
- 1-108-99190-4
- OCLC:
- 1260691730
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