Ecological Migration and Targeted Poverty Alleviation in Ningxia (eBook)

Xiaoyi Wang is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has been engaged in rural development, anti-poverty, and environmental issues for 30 years. He has published many research works, for example, Grassland Community under Environmental Pressure, and he has translated and introduced a large number of foreign related studies, such as James Scott's Art of Escaping Rule, National Perspective, and Unbalanced, Common and Land. Apart from traditional academic research, he participated in rural development practices and carried out community-participatory environmental protection and sustainable development activities in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and other places.

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This book assesses Ecological Migration and Precision Poverty Alleviation Measures, based on research conducted in Ningxia. "e;Resettling residents currently living in poor areas"e; is an important measure for "e;precise poverty alleviation."e; China's central government has provided extraordinary support for these areas, so as to help with "e;removing poverty nests,"e; "e;changing poverty industries,"e; and "e;pulling out the roots of poverty."e;This book is mainly based on research conducted in Ningxia, one of the earliest areas in China to achieve poverty alleviation and development through immigration and relocation. Since the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, Ningxia's ecological migration has been integrated into the process of new urbanization and industrialization. Poverty alleviation and relocation not only involves regional transfer, industrial transformation, and changes in livelihood, but also the social adaptation and integration of migrant groups. In addition to examining these aspects, the book shares stories of how impoverished individuals have succeeded in changing their fates.