Breaking Out of the Poverty Trap: Case Studies from the Tibetan Plateau in Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu

Description

This book provides unique insights into the challenges and potential solutions to alleviate poverty in western China. Many people are interested in China's economic and social development; the development of Tibet is an important part of this narrative. Unlike big cities in the east of China, Tibet is still underdeveloped, with severe poverty, relatively poor communications, poor infrastructure, transport links, and limited social services. Using deep and well-researched analyses, learned Chinese scholars share their policy insights, experience and knowledge of the underlying causes and potent.;Members of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Research Team; Contents; Preface; Bibliography; Chapter 1 Introduction WANG Luolin and ZHU Ling; I Background and Objective of the Study; II Research Approach; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Rational Behavior of Tibetan Farmers and Herders YANG Chunxue; I Introduction; II Rational Behaviors of Farmers and Herders; 1. Resource allocation and utilization; 2. Attitudes towards new plant types and new technologies: Risk averse; III Reproductive Behavior: Birth Rate and Family Size; IV Consumer Behavior and Religion.