How Tibet has Successfully Reduced Poverty
LHASA, Aug 22 (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.
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