A.S. Bhalla is a former Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and former Special Adviser to the President of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. He is co-author of Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (1999, 2004; Japanese edition 2005) and The Employment Impact of China’s WTO Accession (2004); and author of Uneven Development in the Third World (1992, 1995). Shufang Qiu is an Economic and Business Consultant based in Cambridge, UK. He has worked for the Chinese government on economic reforms. His research interests include poverty alleviation, WTO and economic transition in China.

'As the first thorough study of poverty and inequality among China’s ethnic minorities … this book is warmly to be welcomed. Bhalla already has wide experience in studying development, poverty and inequality in various parts of the world and is well placed to make comparisons... The book is thoroughly documented, not only with the extensive English-language literature but also with some Chinese sources... The chapters on programmes are outstanding... There is serious attention given to the problems they encountered, with also some comparisons made with South Asian countries... To my knowledge, no other treatment of these important subjects goes into anything like the depth and sensitivity found in these chapters... It is scholarly, detailed and interesting... I recommend it strongly to scholars and students with special interests either in China or in the economics of poverty and inequality. Moreover, the general reader will learn much from it as well.' - Colin Mackerras, Asian Ethnicity, February 2007 'The authors provide an informative review and assessment of China’s anti-poverty policies and programs, focusing on the experience of Guizhou province – a province that is known for its acute absolute poverty, and with a substantial minority population, which is largely overlooked by the literature on China.' - Ding Sai, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2007'Their book includes solid research as well as pragmatic policy proposals.' - Morris Rosabbi, Pacific Affairs, Fall 2006

• 1. Poverty and Ethnicity  2. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Chinese Minorities  3. Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities  4. Literacy and Basic Education  5. Minorities and Health Status and Services  6. Anti-Poverty Policies and Programmes  7. Anti-Poverty Programmes in Guizhou Province

A.S. Bhalla is a former Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and former Special Adviser to the President of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. He is co-author of Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World (1999, 2004; Japanese edition 2005) and The Employment Impact of China’s WTO Accession (2004); and author of Uneven Development in the Third World (1992, 1995). Shufang Qiu is an Economic and Business Consultant based in Cambridge, UK. He has worked for the Chinese government on economic reforms. His research interests include poverty alleviation, WTO and economic transition in China.

'As the first thorough study of poverty and inequality among China’s ethnic minorities … this book is warmly to be welcomed. Bhalla already has wide experience in studying development, poverty and inequality in various parts of the world and is well placed to make comparisons... The book is thoroughly documented, not only with the extensive English-language literature but also with some Chinese sources... The chapters on programmes are outstanding... There is serious attention given to the problems they encountered, with also some comparisons made with South Asian countries... To my knowledge, no other treatment of these important subjects goes into anything like the depth and sensitivity found in these chapters... It is scholarly, detailed and interesting... I recommend it strongly to scholars and students with special interests either in China or in the economics of poverty and inequality. Moreover, the general reader will learn much from it as well.' - Colin Mackerras, Asian Ethnicity, February 2007 'The authors provide an informative review and assessment of China’s anti-poverty policies and programs, focusing on the experience of Guizhou province – a province that is known for its acute absolute poverty, and with a substantial minority population, which is largely overlooked by the literature on China.' - Ding Sai, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 21, Issue 1, 2007'Their book includes solid research as well as pragmatic policy proposals.' - Morris Rosabbi, Pacific Affairs, Fall 2006

• 1. Poverty and Ethnicity  2. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Chinese Minorities  3. Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities  4. Literacy and Basic Education  5. Minorities and Health Status and Services  6. Anti-Poverty Policies and Programmes  7. Anti-Poverty Programmes in Guizhou Province