For Economic Studies, there are the Institute of Economic Study, Centre for Community DevelopmentStudiesandtheAcademyofEconomicDevelopment and Research as well as project group of "bological diversty protection." . It has a total staff of 18, including 5 professors,6 associate professors. The main research tasks are tomakeresearchabouteconomicand.socialdevelopmentofYunnan,tohelpeconomicandsocialdevelopme policy-making, also to carry out the relevant projects. The key projects are about development of rural areas and cities, agricultural development, farmer and community improvements, supporting projects to poor areas and forestry economy. Studies on community forestry and public management, low- amount credit, supervision and evaluation of rural areas' participation projects have a leading significance around China. The concept of "Community mutual management mode" proposed by the research group of biological diversity protection in Yunnan ecological system has beenpaidcloseattentionbytheUnitedNations;theoriesandpracticalworksofpoverty-alleviationprojects,inparticular,thesuccessofcreditproject,directlyledtotheprovincialpoverty-alleviation,plan-makinganditalsocanfindapple.cationin economic filed.
Researchers of the Institute of Economics.
Researchers making field study on development of ethnic cultural industry in rural areas.
Researchers doing field work in Menghai County.
The Ninth Training Class for SmallLoan organized by The Institute of Economics.
Researchers from the Institute of Economics doing field work in a poverty-stricken village
Researchers from the Institute of Economics
doing research in a Yi village in October 2005.
Researchers from the Institute of Economics doing research on the
program of poverty alleviation through immigration in November,2003..