The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting

The authors combine household survey and census data to construct a provincial poverty map of Vietnam and evaluate the accuracy of geographically targeted antipoverty programs. First, they estimate per capita expenditure as a function of selected h...

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Main Authors:	Minot, Nicholas, Baulch, Bob
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY MEASUREMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS CENSUSES GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING ANTI-POVERTY POLICY LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS POVERTY INCIDENCE COMMUNAL SETTLEMENTS ADULT EQUIVALENT CENSUS DATA CONFIDENCE INTERVAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE COVARIANCE MATRIX DATA SETS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EQUIVALENT INCOME ERROR TERM ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY FARM HOUSEHOLDS FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FUNCTIONAL FORM GEOGRAPHIC AREAS GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY RATES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IMPROVED HEALTH INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY MARGINAL EFFECT NEGATIVE SIGN NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITION OVERALL POVERTY LINE PARTIAL DERIVATIVES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL LEADER POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION CENSUS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY RATES POVERTY TARGETING PRIMARY SCHOOL QUANTITATIVE POVERTY RANDOM SAMPLE REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGRESSION MODELS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICS OFFICE SURVEY DATA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOTAL POPULATION URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN WORKERS WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1764561/spatial-distribution-poverty-vietnam-potential-targeting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14811

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14811

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