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Social Impact and Community Perception of Belt and Road Initiative Projects in Malaysia

18 Apr 2022

communities, especially in the context of Covid-19, This refers to the conflicts with local landowners locals expressed hope and expectations that the and the community when the MCKIP was originally companies behind the two projects will play a greater developed, as the perception was that there was and more socially active role in assisting the needy inadequate consultation with the community and. [...] Possession of a certain level of knowledge/ Sampling understanding of the projects (on a scale of 1-5, those who answered 1 or 2 had a lower Stratified random sampling was used based on level of understanding of the project and were the ethnicity of the population in each selected asked only a few of the questions from the location. [...] Twenty percent of the CRRC respondents and 37 percent of the MCKIP respondents were dissatisfied with the company’s engagement while 24 percent of the CRRC and 13 percent of the MCKIP respondents were satisfied. [...] The Women Representatives classes were also difficult due to the timing as The women interviewed noted the presence and they took place after the end of the workers’ impact of MCKIP in the community, although 12-hour shifts. [...] 31 Conclusions & Recommendations The quantitative survey and the in-depth interviews and mainland Chinese workers (due to detailed above paint quite a nuanced picture of the cultural and language differences and the perceptions and experiences of various elements lack of acceptance between the two groups).
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