Well begun but not yet done : poverty reduction and the emerging challenges in Vietnam / Valerie Kozel, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kozel, Valerie, 1952- editor.

World Bank Group, issuing body.

Series:

Equity and development series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Vietnam.

Poverty.

Equality.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Poverty--Government policy.

Vietnam.

Poverty--Government policy--Vietnam.

Economic assistance, Domestic--Vietnam.

Vietnam--Social policy.

Social policy.

Vietnam--Economic conditions--1975-.

Economic conditions.

Equality--Vietnam.

Physical Description:

xxix, 238 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Poverty reduction and the emerging challenges in Vietnam

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2014]

Summary:

Well Begun but Not Yet Done: Progress and Emerging Challenges for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam takes a fresh look at the lives of poor men, women, and children in contemporary Vietnam, and it explores the constraints and opportunities they face in rising out of poverty. It aims to do three things. First, it describes revisions to Vietnam's long-standing poverty monitoring system-including better data, updated welfare aggregates, and new poverty lines-to bring these more in line with current economic and social conditions. Second, it revisits the stylized facts about deprivation and poverty in Vietnam, and develops an updated profile and diagnostic of poverty using new information from the 2010 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey and from qualitative field studies. Third, it aims to forge a consensus around the key challenges for reducing extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity over the next decade, including changing regional patterns of poverty and wealth, high and persistent poverty among ethnic minorities, rising vulnerability, and growing inequality in outcomes and opportunities. This book will be of interest to development practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and academics working on poverty reduction and social policy, both globally and in Vietnam. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Vietnam's Growth and Poverty Reduction Record: Remarkable Success, but Big Remaining Challenges 15

Rapid growth and structural transformation of the Vietnamese economy 16

Vietnam's remarkable progress in reducing poverty 20

Measuring progress using Vietnamese and international poverty lines 20

Overview of the book: Addressing Vietnam's old and new poverty reduction challenges 46

Annex 1A New qualitative research carried out for the 2012 Vietnam poverty assessment 48

Notes 50

References 50

2 Updating Vietnam's Poverty Monitoring System 53

Rethinking poverty in Vietnam 54

Capturing different dimensions of poverty 56

Updating methods for measuring poverty 57

The VHLSS: Improved and shortened in 2010 59

Constructing a new GSO-WB poverty line 68

New poverty estimates for 2010: GSO-WB and official poverty methodologies 75

Annex 2A Statistical tables 80

Annex 2B Spatial cost-of-living estimates for 2010 VHLSS 83

Annex 2C Subjective poverty in Vietnam 85

Notes 87

References 87

3 Poverty Profile: Establishing and Facts about Poverty in Vietnam 91

Stylized facts about poverty in Vietnam 93

Spatial distribution of poverty 94

Sector of employment 95

Poverty and ethnic identity 98

Poverty and educational attainment 103

Land distribution 108

Housing and local infrastructure 111

Urban poverty 112

Demographic Factors 114

Aging and economies of scale in consumption 116

Childhood poverty and long-term development 117

Vulnerability to weather shocks 120

Coverage of poverty reduction and social protection programs 120

Annex 3A Overview of Vietnam's eight economic regions 125

Notes 126

References 126

4 Spatial Dimensions of Poverty: 19999 and 2009 poverty maps 131

Inequality 136

Relationship between poverty and other characteristics 137

Inequality and wealth maps 140

Evolution of spatial poverty between 1999 and 2009 143

Contribution of the rural nonfarm sector to poverty reduction 148

Policy design and evaluation 150

Annex 4A Spatial distribution of poverty and the gains from spatial targeting 153

Transfer scheme 154

Budget and poverty lines 154

Simulating the impact of uniform transfers 155

Simulating the impact of "optimal" geographic targeting 155

Solving the problem: "Optimal" geographic targeting 155

Results 157

Discussion 158

Notes 159

References 160

5 Reducing Poverty among Ethnic Minorities 163

Poverty reduction across regions and among and within minority ethnic groups 166

Disparities in access to education, infrastructure, and public services 170

Focusing on the experiences of successful ethnic households: Lessons for future policies and programs 177

Steps for development in ethnic minority communities 184

Narratives of ethnic minority livelihoods, cultures, and gender relations 187

Conclusions: Emerging policy recommendations for reducing ethnic minority poverty 190

Notes 191

References 191

6 Is Inequality Rising in Vietnam? Perceptions and Empirics 195

Why are we concerned about inequality? 197

Is inequality of outcomes rising? 199

Why has income inequality increased? 204

Inequalities in opportunities and income differences across generations 217

Inequalities in connections, voice, and influence 225

Emerging policy recommendations 228

Annex 6A Why do "perceptions of inequality" diverge from empirical measures of inequality? 230

Notes 233

References 236.

Notes:

"This book presents the key findings from a new Poverty Assessment for Vietnam, led by the World Bank and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), working in collaboration with the General Statistics Office (GSO)"--Pages xv-xvi.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1464800065

9781464800061

OCLC:

847725042