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...

This chapter probes into the tricholoma matsutake industry by applying value chain analysis. The author argues that the Tibetans found in the areas that produce tricholoma matsutake receive an extremely small portion of the profits from the global market. This is not only disadvantageous to the...

This chapter describes the role that cordyceps sinensis resources1 plays in the socioeconomic development in Tibetan-inhabited areas of Qinghai Province, emphasizing the importance of protecting the eco-environment as the basis for developing the resources. Reform of the pasture contract system...

One of the key objectives of China's anti-poverty policies is to alleviate severe and chronic poverty, while also eliminating temporary poverty. The poor rural residents of the Tibetan Plateau suffer from severe poverty, which requires the government to take comprehensive, multi-dimensional...

This paper examines the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India. It covers trends in agricultural growth, cultivation patterns, participation of small holding agriculture, productivity performance of small holders, linking small holders with markets including value chains,...

Budget of Bhutan 2012-13. URL:[http://www.mof.gov.bt/downloads/BudgetReport2012.pdf].