A strategy of poverty reduction of integrate resources and develop especial-poor areas as a whole —— Guangxi’s practice on integrated management of infrastructure.

A strategy of poverty reduction of integrate resources and develop especial-poor areas as a whole Guangxis practice on integrated management of infrastructure in especial-poor areas

Hu Decai Director of Poverty Reduction and Development Office in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China October. 2007

Historical background Key methods Key achievements

Main contents

Historical Background

The characteristics of poverty in Guangxi

1.Poverty occurs in large areas

2.Poor population mainly distribute in Karst mountain areas

3.Minority people suffer from poverty

49 poor counties occupied 45% of the total 109 counties, in which 28 were defined by the State Council.There are 4060 poor villages, occupied 28.3% of total.There were 8 million people living in poverty in 2000, in which 1.5 million in absolute poverty. The map of Guangxi The areas in red and yellow are poor counties

1. Poverty occurs in large areas

The Karst area is 89.5 thousand KM2, occupied 37.8% of total Guangxi areas.

The population are dense in Karst mountain area.

The ecological system were destroyed and the environment were deteriorated

2. Poor population mainly distribute in Karst mountain areas

3. Minority people suffer from poverty

70% of Guangxi minority people live in poor counties 80% of poor population are minority people

Features of the especial-poor areas in GuangxiThere are several kinds of especial-poor areas in Guangxi as the Karst mountain area, border area, minority groups-based area which have the following features: a. Poor villages take up a great percentage within the area; the villagers net income per capita is very low; big poor population and poverty is in deep degree.

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b. Very poor natural conditions within the area; totally poor infrastructure; poor environment for investment ;

c. Villagers within the area lag the self-competence for development; financial difficulties; it is difficult for the villagers to lift themselves out of poverty. d. The poor villages within the areas are connected to form a large poor area, which has great impact to the development of the entire complexion.

The meanings of the integrated management Integrated management means to integrate financial resource and social resource, commence infrastructure and public facilities in the whole especial-poor area in about two years. The development of infrastructure thus, enhances improvement of production and living conditions and improvement of the environment for investment completely. It also makes the industries that are of advantages more competitive, improves the self-competence for farmers to lift themselves out of poverty and creates the advantaged conditions and basis for the development of economy.

Key methods 1. Identifying the objective and key contents (1) ObjectiveImproving infrastructure and public facilities in the poor area to the medium and upper levels of Guangxi. (2)Key contents: (a) Production and livelihood improvement projects (b) Poor village infrastructure and public facility improvement projects (c) Infrastructure and public facility projects that improve for the environment for bringing investment.

2. Assigning tasks and responsibility in the integrated administration (1) Guangxi Government established a provincial headquarters comprising about 30 relevant sectors including departments of poverty alleviation, development and reform, finance, transportation, water conservancy and education to administrate the integrated management. The leader of the headquarters is one of the vice-chairmen of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.(2) Headquarters at prefecture and county levels were also established, and the side-projects headquarters were established by the sectors who in charge of the most tasks.(3) Specifying responsibilities for every sectors at all levels, specifying the tasks to each relevant people.

(1)Fund was raised through several sources : a. fund allocated by the province financial system; b. relevant provincial departments provide financial support; c. applying financial support from the central government; d. directing other circles in the society to offer support e. in taking investment of companies and non-government agencies by market operation to increase the investment scale; f. mobilization among the masses to offer free labor and materials to support the project.

(2)Managing the capita strictly a. Formulate a set of regulations for project fund management; b. The departments of finance, audit and supervision monitored join together to strengthen the supervision of the use of capita in the whole process.

3.Raising fund and managing it strictly

a. Set up strict regulations for project management and implementation;b. Set up strict construction and quality standards; c. A quality-responsible mechanism was enforced, in which there are people taking up responsibility for project design, implementation;d. A strict progress was set for approving after every project activities; e. Each project should be published to the public in county, township and village levels;f. Construction progress and financial management were published once every month.

4.Implementing scientifically and monitoring strictly

a. Mobilizing all villagers to participate the programs establishment

b. Mobilizing all villagers to participate the programs implementation

c. Mobilizing all villagers to participate the programs approval after it was finished

5. Mobilizing the villagers to participate and work hard for the program

1. New breakthrough in poor villagers production and living conditions, poverty alleviation and development was obviously pushed forward within the areas

Key achievements

Poor villages have accessed to transportation facilitiesPoor people have accessed to clean water

The poor population have decreased greatly

Farmers net income per capital has increased greatly

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2. New breakthrough was achieved in infrastructure and investment environment was completely improved within the areasCounties are connected by 2nd grade roads; Villages are connected by asphalt roads.The development of electricity network has completely enhanced and villages have accessed electricity

Most townships have built farm product markets Most villages have accessed telephone

Bring in and improve a large number of Dragon-head poverty alleviation enterprises 3.New breakthrough in investment, economic increase in strong momentum

Industries of local-featured have greatly improved planting chestnutPlanting mulberry for silkworm

4. New breakthrough in the development of social business and the villagers cultural capacity and skills have enhanced

School and education conditions have improved obviously.

Each village access to broadcast and television

Medical condition has improved obviously

5. New breakthrough in urban development to lay foundation for industrial development and investment New - built flood control dykes in the countiesNew- renovated urban areas

6. New breakthrough in ecological environment improvement, ecological environment has improved obviously

New methane pits were builtNew water tanks were built

The project of prohibiting felling to protect forest, planting trees into forest are effective, and the ecological environment in Karst mountain area hasimproved and rehabilitate.

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