随着市场经济的发展，民族贫困地区县域经济面临着严峻的挑战。如何按照市场经济规律找准自己的发展方向，激发自身发展动力，采取有效的发展方式，已经成为一个十分重要十分迫切的课题。笔者就民族贫困地区县域经济发展的方向、动力和方式谈几点认识。 　　一、民族贫困地区必 With the development of market economy, county economy in poverty-stricken ethnic areas is facing severe challenges. How to find out its own development direction in accordance with the law of market economy, stimulate its own development momentum and adopt an effective mode of development has become a very important and extremely urgent issue. The author talks about the direction, motivation and mode of economic development in counties in poverty-stricken areas. First, ethnic poverty-stricken areas will be