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Title The Socio-Economic Effects of Karakorum Highway (KKH): “A Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan”

Author(s) Muhammad Sakhi

Abstract The road infrastructure in all the countries of the world has passed through the quickest advancement inside the closing decade. The impacts of the road infrastructure on sustainable development and improvement of the Socio-Economic conditions of the human being has become a concern for policymakers as well as economists. The objective of the study is to identify the effectiveness of Karakorum Highway on Socio-Economic development in Gilgit-Baltistan. This study is explanatory research. Before this study, no other studies had been done to measure the socio-economic impact of this highway on the humans of Gilgit-Baltistan. This study will show how much the build of this Highway has improved the socio-economic conditions of the people of Gilgit Baltistan. Primary data have used in the study for analyzing the results. The study has used Descriptive and Frequency Analysis to estimate the results. Data was collected through structural questionnaires from the people of the three selected districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan i.e. Hunza, Nager, Gilgit and 100 questionnaires were filled from each selected district to acquire the data. The findings of the study shows that 87% of the total sample sizes in the three selected districts have agreed that after the build of this highway, the livelihood opportunities have been improved in Gilgit-Baltistan. They think that Karakorum Highway helps to provide employment opportunities in the region. In the education sector, 80% of the total respondents in the three selected districts have agreed that Karakoram Highway helps to improve the enrollment rate and educational facilities in the region. Similarly, in the health sector, 87% of the total respondents in the three selected districts have agreed that since the build of Highway, the health facilities, availability of doctors and medicines have been improved in Gilgit-Baltistan. While in the tourism sector, 90% of the respondents in the three selected districts have agreed that Karakoram Highway is also helping in the influx of tourists in the G-B. Further, the findings show that this road infrastructure is helping the people of the region, by reducing the time of traveling and their transportation costs. Keywords: Socio-Economic Development, livelihood, Education, Health, Tourism, GilgitBaltistan

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Management Sciences

Department Economics

Language English

Publication Date 2020-10-21

Subject Economics

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