ADB Pakistan Economic Corridors Programme links connectivity investment with growth, employment, regional trade and stab
Source
ADB — https://www.adb.org/what-we-do/funds/pakistan-economic-corridors-programme. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
Economic connectivity can support development/stability, though infrastructure alone cannot guarantee cooperation.
How to deploy: Use ADB Pakistan Economic Corridors Programme links connectivity investment with growth, employment, regional trade and stab (ADB Pakistan Economic Corridors Programme links connectivity investment with growth, employment, regional trade and stability., None) to support the claim that Economic connectivity can support development/stability, though infrastructure alone cannot guarantee cooperation.
What it does not prove: This is ADB's programme logic — its stated theory of change — not evidence that corridor investment has delivered growth, jobs or stability in Pakistan. The employment channel is the weakest link: past labour absorption ran into low-productivity construction, trade and transport, exactly the sectors corridor spending expands.
Memory hook: Economic Corridors Programme → roads sold as growth, jobs, trade and stability
Rebuts the claim: "Corridor investment converts directly into productive employment" — the last labour shift went mostly into low-productivity construction, trade and transport.