Vietnam's Evolving Poverty Map : Patterns and Implications for Policy

Vietnam's Evolving Poverty Map : Patterns and Implications for Policy

This paper uses small area estimation techniques to update Vietnam's province and district-level poverty map to 2009. It finds that poverty rates continue to be highest in the northern and central mountainous regions, where ethnic minorities m...

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Main Authors:	Lanjouw, Peter, Marra, Marleen, Nguyen, Cuong
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE INEQUALITY AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AGGREGATE LEVEL ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY RESOURCES CASH TRANSFERS CITIES COEFFICIENTS DATA SETS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DELTA REGION DELTA REGIONS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIFFERENTIALS DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICT-LEVEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EQUAL DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION METHOD ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES ETHNIC MINORITY ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE DATA EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GLOBAL POVERTY HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH POPULATION DENSITY HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INEQUALITY WILL LAGGING REGIONS LAND EQUALITY LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING STANDARDS LOW INEQUALITY LOW POVERTY RATES MINISTRY OF LABOR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NATIONAL POVERTY OPTIMAL TARGETING PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POINT ESTIMATES POLICY MAKERS POLICY MEASURES POLICY OBJECTIVES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR COMMUNITIES POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR PERSON POOR POPULATION POORER COMMUNITIES POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION EFFORTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDEXES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRO-POOR PROVINCE PROVINCIAL LEVEL PUBLIC ECONOMICS REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MODELS REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL TARGETING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POVERTY RURAL PROVINCES SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL PATTERNS SQUARED POVERTY GAP STANDARD DEVIATION SUB-NATIONAL TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY RATE URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WAR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17211672/vietnams-evolving-poverty-map-patterns-implications-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13156

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17211672/vietnams-evolving-poverty-map-patterns-implications-policy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13156

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