The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?

Peter Ho, Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Email: peter.ho@wur.nl. I am indebted to Jan-Michiel Otto, Ngo Tak-wing and Jim Harkness for their invaluable comments and suggestions on this article. For the purpose of privacy the names of some of the respondents quoted in this article have been changed. This research was funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).