新阶段扶贫目标和任务发生了显著变化，从过去以解决绝对贫困问题为核心向给予贫困人口更有尊严的生活转变。项目研究目标是：以六盘山连片特困地区农户为研究对象，评估对农户发展能力十分重要的若干个影响因子，揭示什么地方最需要额外的干预和支持，从政策层面为改善农户生活状态提供新思路。研究内容包括两部分：①理论部分：基于森的贫困理论构建连片特困地区农户发展能力分析框架与尝试性指标体系；②实证部分：利用农户调查数据和贫困监测数据评估农户发展能力存量以及迁移对农户发展能力的影响，进一步研究能力影响因子中哪些因素对农户生活状态起决定性作用。项目研究的新见解：既然能力是一种选择的自由，那么，扩展农户自由选择的扶贫构想能提高可行能力，以达到减缓贫困之目的。新阶段应把农户作为扶贫主体，从国家扶贫战略的政策层面提出农户发展能力的概念。

Poverty alleviation's objectives have changed notably in the new period, which devote to making people live in dignity rather than just solving absolute poverty problem. The project's objective is following: the project focuses on farmers in poverty-ridden areas of Liupan Mountains, evaluates some impact factors which consist of farmer development capability, reveals where need additional intervention and support, then provides new ideas for government's poverty alleviation. The research includes two parts:①theoretical part: Based on Sen's poverty theory, the project constructs analytical framework and tentative index system for farmer development capability in poverty-ridden areas;②empirical part: Using rural household survey data and poverty monitoring data to evaluate development capability stock and migration's impact on development capability, further researching which capability impact factors play a decisive role on farmers' well-being. The project views that capability is a freedom of choice, then expanding farmers' freedom of choice can improve capability which can alleviate poverty. The project suggests that farmers should be taken as main part in poverty alleviation in the period, and put forward the concept of farmer development capability from national poverty alleviation strategy.