“Community Engagement along the Belt and Road: Findings from Cambodia and Pakistan”, 2 June 2020

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an economic and infrastructure corridor designed and launched by China in 2013 to promote development, trade, and connectivity, is not only reshaping the geopolitical realities of contemporary development cooperation, but is also having an immediate impact on communities, environments, and local governments across South and Southeast Asia. This pilot research provides insights into community and local stakeholder knowledge, impacts, and expectations surrounding two BRI projects, one in Cambodia and one in Pakistan. The research was designed to provide a snapshot of community engagement, which may be useful to policy makers, companies, and officials in China and partner countries as they design, plan, and implement future BRI projects…