| Shandong Province is a populous and agricultural province in China.The total number of poor people is large,and they are widely distributed.The poverty alleviation task is arduous.Implementing multi-dimensional poverty measurement,deeply analyzing the key poverty causes and the main poverty alleviation needs of poor households,and improving the precise poverty alleviation model are important ways to promote the scientization of poverty measurement,the practicality and precision of poverty alleviation,and to achieve the goals that the basic living needs of rural poor populations are met and that such people have access to compulsory education,basic medical services,and housing.Adopting the "Alkire-Foster"multi-dimensional poverty measurement method,starting from nine indicators in four dimensions:income level,health level,education level and living standard,taking 10 representative poverty-stricken counties(or county-level cities,districts)in Shandong Province as the research object,and applying the questionnaire method,this paper collects the multi-dimensional poverty data of local rural poor households through field visits and surveys,and then analyzes the multi-dimensional poverty situation of rural population in Shandong Province.It is found that by multi-dimensional poverty measurement,the comprehensive poverty situation and the main poverty causes of rural residents,as well as the poverty characteristics and the areas in which poverty alleviation should be strengthened of different regions could be more accurately reflected,and the achievements of current poverty alleviation in different dimensions could be reflected to some extent.As a result,the findings of multi-dimensional poverty measurement could provide support for the further precise implementation of poverty alleviation policies.This paper is divided into five chapters:The first chapter analyzes the significance of the topic from theoretical and practical aspects,reviews the current research situation of poverty theory and precise poverty alleviation at home and abroad,and briefly introduces the research contents and methods of this paper.The second chapter explains the specific concepts of poverty and precise poverty alleviation,and puts forward the theoretical basis,including income poverty theory,multi-dimensional poverty theory and Xi Jinping’s explanation on precise poverty alleviation.The third chapter analyzes the poverty situation and causes of rural population in Shandong Province.Based on the data collected from the National Statistical Bureau,Shandong Statistical Yearbook,statistical yearbooks of counties and districts,and the Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development of Shandons Province,the poverty situation of rural population an Shandong Province is displayed.The fourth chapter analyzes the multi-dimensional poverty situation of rural population in Shandong Province based on multi-dimensional poverty measurement.Starting from nine indicators in four dimensions,based on the data collected from 10 representative poverty-stricken counties in Shandong Province thro-ugh field visits and surveys,the one-dimensional poverty situation and multi-dimensional poverty situation of rural population in poverty-stricken areas are studied.Then,by analyzing the contribution of each dimension to poverty occurrence in different regions and Shandong Province through dimension decomposition,the main poverty causes and poverty alleviation needs of poor households in different regions are obtained.Combining the overall situation of precise poverty alleviation in Shandong Province and the results of multi-dimensional poverty measurement,the fifth chapter analyses the deficiencies of precise poverty alleviation model in Shandong Province from the perspective of multi-dimensional poverty,and proposes corresponding recommendations. |