西藏农村公共服务的提供和贫困的减少(英文)

I. IntroductionThrough observing the basic public services that the farmers and herdsmen have obtained,this paper is devoted to an evaluation of the efforts made by the local government for thealleviation of poverty in rural Tibet. Firstly, the role of the agricultural support system inrealizing food security will be identified. Secondly, the public services that could directlyimprove the household welfare of farmers and herdsmen will be examined. Finally, we willexplore the possibilities for…

Public Service Provision and Poverty Reduction in Rural Tibet

During the recent two decades, reduced accessibility to basic public goods has become acommon problem in most of the inland provinces, and it is particularly the case in the less-developed regions. In response to this situation, the local government in Tibet has securedthe normal operation of the agricultural support system, strengthened investment in primaryeducation and basic health care, and has guaranteed social assistance to the key vulnerablegroups. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it is considered that substantialregional aid enables the local government to perform its public function with adequate fiscalresources. Secondly, external supervision has driven the local government to maintainsufficient political will to provide low-income groups with the basic public services at lowprices or free of charge. This is essentially a type of investment-oriented income redistribution.In both the short and long term, it will contribute to reducing the economic inequality that themarket mechanism has brought about. In other words, it will help to narrow the regional,sectoral and individual economic gaps.