Perception survey: Peacebuilding and economic trade - Potential of cross-LoC trade

This opinion poll, the first ever of its kind, constitutes a part of the larger study report on Cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade and is presented at this stage as an interim report, inviting wider public and policy debate on the issue.

IRF and CPDR - organisations based on either side of the divide - have engaged with prominent economists from the region to undertake comprehensive research with stakeholder inputs. Through this they intend to suggest a workable roadmap for realising the full economic and peacebuilding potential of the Cross-LoC trade.

Towards this survey, 19 questions were posed to a selected sample of 10 per cent of all traders at four trading centres (Chakan-da-Bagh, Tetrinote, Salamabad and Chakothi) in February 2012. The same exercise was also conducted in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Tetrinote crossing point, with the results jointly analysed.

Interested in finding out more?

• Watch a short discussion, featuring Zafar Choudhary of IRF, about Trading for peace in Kashmir