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Pakistan: Experts say China-Pakistan Economic Corridor needs to further strengthen social & environmental accountability to minimize negative impacts
"…[T]he China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) …is a package of infrastructure projects worth US$ 46 billion...committed towards establishing energy and power projects in Pakistan…[A] sustainability expert…suggests inserting environmental and social clauses into the contracts to minimise the projects’ negative impacts with independent agencies monitoring the projects at all stages to ensure compliance..."