Research · Area I
What works against poverty?
What explains the success and failure of local attempts to reduce poverty? China's thousands of local governments create a laboratory for us to understand what works and what doesn't in the war against poverty. This line of work began with the Guizhou fieldwork behind Small Works, and has extended into questions about microcredit, tourism, and how broader market trends interact with the lives of poor families.
Tan, Deborah Shu Yi, Track Tze Tuan Tan, Shao Tong Ling, and John A. Donaldson. 2021. Modern China 47(2): 127–53.
For Ye Have the Poor Always with You: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Success or Failure of China's Latest War on Poverty
Donaldson, John A. 2019. Party Watch Annual Report, pp. 50–60.
Making Ethnic Tourism Good for the Poor
Lor, Jean Junying, Shelly Kwa, and John A. Donaldson. 2019. Annals of Tourism Research 76: 140–52.
Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China
Donaldson, John A. 2011. Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Tourism, Development and Poverty Reduction in Guizhou and Yunnan
Donaldson, John A. 2007. China Quarterly 190: 333–51. Reprinted in Tourism and Development, ed. Richard Sharpley (Sage, 2015).
The State, the Market, Economic Growth and Poverty in China
Donaldson, John A. 2007. Politics and Policy 35(4): 898–929.