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
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Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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spelling okr-10986-148112021-04-23T14:03:20Z The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting Minot, Nicholas Baulch, Bob 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 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 household and geographic characteristics using the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey. Next, they combine the results with data on the same household characteristics from the 1999 census to estimate the incidence of poverty in each province. The results show that rural poverty is concentrated in 10 provinces in the Northern Uplands, 2 provinces in the Central Highlands, and 2 provinces in the Central Coast. The authors use Receiver Operating Characteristics curves to evaluate the effectiveness of geographic targeting. The results show that the existing poor communes system excludes large numbers of poor people, but there is potential for sharpening poverty targeting using a small number of easy-to-follow measure household characteristics. 2013-08-06T14:48:05Z 2013-08-06T14:48:05Z 2002-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1764561/spatial-distribution-poverty-vietnam-potential-targeting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14811 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2829 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Minot, Nicholas
Baulch, Bob
The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No.2829
description 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 household and geographic characteristics using the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey. Next, they combine the results with data on the same household characteristics from the 1999 census to estimate the incidence of poverty in each province. The results show that rural poverty is concentrated in 10 provinces in the Northern Uplands, 2 provinces in the Central Highlands, and 2 provinces in the Central Coast. The authors use Receiver Operating Characteristics curves to evaluate the effectiveness of geographic targeting. The results show that the existing poor communes system excludes large numbers of poor people, but there is potential for sharpening poverty targeting using a small number of easy-to-follow measure household characteristics.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Minot, Nicholas
Baulch, Bob
author_facet Minot, Nicholas
Baulch, Bob
author_sort Minot, Nicholas
title The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
title_short The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
title_full The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
title_fullStr The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
title_full_unstemmed The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting
title_sort spatial distribution of poverty in vietnam and the potential for targeting
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url 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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