Impact of Public Health Emergencies on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas: Sichuan Case

This paper takes into account the livelihood capital theory and the actual context of the production and life of the poor group, and based on the influence mechanism of public health emergencies on the sustained poverty reduction in rural areas, conducts an empirical study on the impact of the Covid-19 on the sustained poverty reduction in rural areas of A County in Sichuan Province. The results show that, firstly, the greatest impact of the Covid-19 on rural poverty reduction is that it restricts the self-help behavior of the poor groups. Secondly, the impact of the Covid-19 on rural poverty reduction mainly affects the livelihood capital of the poor groups. Finally, natural disasters, medical expenses, patients or disabled people, income reduction, stable employment, burden ratio, family labor force and other factors are important factors affecting rural poverty reduction, and accordingly, countermeasures will be more targeted.