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,...

Observations conducted on the rangelands on the eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (found in He'nan County and Zeku County in southeast Qinghai) indicate that the following conditions result in heavy snowfall and snow disasters. The first factor to consider is the height of the foliage. If the...

Based on field surveys1 conducted in the rural Tibetan-inhabited regions of Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan Provinces, this chapter has found that radio and television (TV) — compared to other forms of media — currently play an indispensable role in promoting Party and state policies, influencing...

Though market development in Tibetan areas is restricted by unfavorable natural conditions, there have been many cases of farmers and herdsmen participating in market activities. Moreover, examples of their participation can be found from a long time ago. Meanwhile, marketization in inland areas...

Having conducted field research on the ecological resettlement of Tibetan villages in Qinghai, this chapter found that ecological re-settlers face significant risks of impoverishment in host communities, as they can no longer work and live in ways that they are used to, and once they join these...

The Tibetan pastoral area in southern Qinghai is often subjected to snow disasters which can severely damage the income of herders' and can bring about other related hazards. The breaking down of the relationship between snow disasters and poverty constitutes an important part of the local...

Market-oriented socioeconomic transformation in China is challenging conventional rules and the norms of Tibetan farmers and herders, who are adapting their conventional rational behavior to a market environment. They are making the most of market opportunities, optimizing their use of labor,...

In the Tibetan regions, there are already some systems in place to help the poor and support the elderly in local villages and tribes. And with the rural social security system in the process of being implemented across the country, social aid has begun to take on an even more important role...

China has launched an all-out campaign to eradicate “basic and semi-illiteracy”, and achieve “basic universal access to compulsory education” (two basics). In Diqing Prefecture found in the Yunnan Province and Yushu and Guoluo Prefectures in Qinghai, where we undertook our survey, this...

Antenatal care can help children from poor families get a good start to their lives and thus avoid the transmission of intergenerational poverty. Therefore, this chapter argues that focusing on the provision of antenatal care for children from poor families is the right place to start if your...