Abstract: Scientific and objective evaluation of the effectiveness of poverty alleviation policy is the basic work for targeted poverty alleviation.Based on a case study in Jiusi village,Laifeng County of Hubei Province,this paper evaluates the effectiveness of poverty alleviation policy from the farmers’ perception,including the improvement in livelihood capital,practical capability,economic vulnerability,economic inclusion,geographic capital,social exclusion and other aspects.It is found that the overall effectiveness of poverty alleviation policies is significant,which has played a positive role in improving rural development ability and opportunity.However,there are some limitations in enhancing the effect of individual development and the change of geographical capital.Some suggestions are made to optimize the poverty alleviation policy,such as strengthening policy guidance ability about endogenous development capacity in poor areas,improving the policies of poor individual livelihood capital,expanding supports for infrastructure construction and facilities,further stimulating institutional advantages,and so on.

Key words: farmers’ perception, evaluation of poverty alleviation policy, poverty alleviation, policy optimization