How Tibet has Successfully Reduced Poverty | Inter Press Service

How Tibet has Successfully Reduced Poverty | Inter Press Service



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How Tibet has Successfully Reduced Poverty

By Crystal OrdersonReprint |         |  Print | Send by email

LHASA, Aug 22 2019 (IPS) - According to the Tibet’s Social Science Academy’s Institute of Rural Economic Studies, the number of Tibetans still living in poverty has been brought down from 850,000 a few years ago to 150,000.

Tibetan officials say the government is committed to reducing that number to zero by the end of this year.