Development in Tibet

Special issue of Himalaya, the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalaya Studies

Edited by Ken Bauer, Geoff Childs, Sienna Craig, Andrew Fischer, the issue is entitled: Development in Tibet: Land, Labour and Social Policy in a Context of Rapid Transition.

The issue includes an exciting collection of some of the most cutting edge research to date on development issues in the Tibetan areas of Western China, including topics such as:

• the caterpillar fungus economy,
• nomad resettlements,
• entrepreneurship,
• labour transitions,
• education, and
• traditional birth attendents.

A must read for all interested in Tibet, with important insights and contributions to development studies more generally.

Andrew Fischer is Senior Lecturer in Population and Social Policy at ISS.