Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals

This paper discusses the progress that Vietnam has made toward meeting a core set of development goals that the government recently adopted as part of its Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). These goals are strongly related...

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Main Authors:	Swinkels, Rob, Turk, Carrie
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANALYTICAL WORK BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS CLIMATE CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIMATE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDOMS CORRUPTION COUNTRY CONTEXT CRISES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GROWTH RATE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEVEL LOCALIZED INDICATORS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET ECONOMY MATERIAL WELL-BEING MEDIUM TERM MIGRANTS MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION PARENTS PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY LINE POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRO-POOR PROCESS INDICATORS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RADIO REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEVERE POVERTY SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL REFORM TELEVISION THEMATIC AREAS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VIOLENCE STRATEGIC PLANNING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS EQUITY EDUCATIONAL FEES AFFORDABILITY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS VIOLENCE
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topic	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANALYTICAL WORK BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS CLIMATE CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIMATE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDOMS CORRUPTION COUNTRY CONTEXT CRISES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GROWTH RATE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEVEL LOCALIZED INDICATORS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET ECONOMY MATERIAL WELL-BEING MEDIUM TERM MIGRANTS MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION PARENTS PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY LINE POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRO-POOR PROCESS INDICATORS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RADIO REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEVERE POVERTY SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL REFORM TELEVISION THEMATIC AREAS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VIOLENCE STRATEGIC PLANNING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS EQUITY PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATIONAL FEES AFFORDABILITY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS VIOLENCE
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANALYTICAL WORK BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS CLIMATE CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIMATE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDOMS CORRUPTION COUNTRY CONTEXT CRISES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GROWTH RATE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEVEL LOCALIZED INDICATORS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET ECONOMY MATERIAL WELL-BEING MEDIUM TERM MIGRANTS MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION PARENTS PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY LINE POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRO-POOR PROCESS INDICATORS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RADIO REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEVERE POVERTY SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL REFORM TELEVISION THEMATIC AREAS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VIOLENCE STRATEGIC PLANNING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS EQUITY PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATIONAL FEES AFFORDABILITY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS VIOLENCE Swinkels, Rob Turk, Carrie Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2961
description	This paper discusses the progress that Vietnam has made toward meeting a core set of development goals that the government recently adopted as part of its Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). These goals are strongly related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but are adapted and expanded to reflect Vietnam's national challenges and the government's ambitious development plans. For each Vietnam Development Goal, the authors describe recent trends in relation to the trajectories implied by the MDGs, outline the intermediate targets identified by the government, and discuss the challenges involved in meeting these. Relative to other countries of similar per capita expenditures, Vietnam has made rapid progress in a number of key areas. Poverty has halved over the 1990s, enrollment rates in primary education have risen to 91 percent (although there is a quality problem), indicators of gender equity have been strengthened, child mortality has been reduced, maternal health has improved, and real progress has been made in combating malaria and other communicable diseases. In contrast, Vietnam scores worse than other comparable countries in the areas of child malnutrition, access to clean water, and combating HIV/AIDS. A number of important crosscutting issues emerge from this analysis that need to be addressed. One such challenge is improving equity, both in terms of ensuring that the benefits of growth are distributed evenly across the population and in terms of access to public services. This will involve addressing the affordability of education and curative health care for poor households. Improvements in public expenditure planning are needed to align resources better to stated desired outcomes and to link nationally-defined targets to subnational planning and budgeting processes. There is also a need to address capacity and data gaps which will be crucial for effective monitoring.
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author	Swinkels, Rob Turk, Carrie
author_facet	Swinkels, Rob Turk, Carrie
author_sort	Swinkels, Rob
title	Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
title_short	Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
title_full	Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
title_fullStr	Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
title_full_unstemmed	Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals
title_sort	strategic planning for poverty reduction in vietnam : progress and challenges for meeting the localized millennium development goals
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2138050/strategic-planning-poverty-reduction-vietnam-progress-challenges-meeting-localized-millennium-development-goals http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19190
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spelling	okr-10986-191902021-04-23T14:03:42Z Strategic Planning for Poverty Reduction in Vietnam : Progress and Challenges for Meeting the Localized Millennium Development Goals Swinkels, Rob Turk, Carrie ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANALYTICAL WORK BASIC EDUCATION BUSINESS CLIMATE CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER CLIMATE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDOMS CORRUPTION COUNTRY CONTEXT CRISES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX GIRLS GLOBAL ECONOMY GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS GROWTH RATE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERACY RATES LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEVEL LOCALIZED INDICATORS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MARKET ECONOMY MATERIAL WELL-BEING MEDIUM TERM MIGRANTS MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUTRITION PARENTS PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS PARTNERSHIP POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY LINE POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRO-POOR PROCESS INDICATORS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RADIO REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEVERE POVERTY SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL REFORM TELEVISION THEMATIC AREAS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VIOLENCE STRATEGIC PLANNING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS EQUITY PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATIONAL FEES AFFORDABILITY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS VIOLENCE This paper discusses the progress that Vietnam has made toward meeting a core set of development goals that the government recently adopted as part of its Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). These goals are strongly related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but are adapted and expanded to reflect Vietnam's national challenges and the government's ambitious development plans. For each Vietnam Development Goal, the authors describe recent trends in relation to the trajectories implied by the MDGs, outline the intermediate targets identified by the government, and discuss the challenges involved in meeting these. Relative to other countries of similar per capita expenditures, Vietnam has made rapid progress in a number of key areas. Poverty has halved over the 1990s, enrollment rates in primary education have risen to 91 percent (although there is a quality problem), indicators of gender equity have been strengthened, child mortality has been reduced, maternal health has improved, and real progress has been made in combating malaria and other communicable diseases. In contrast, Vietnam scores worse than other comparable countries in the areas of child malnutrition, access to clean water, and combating HIV/AIDS. A number of important crosscutting issues emerge from this analysis that need to be addressed. One such challenge is improving equity, both in terms of ensuring that the benefits of growth are distributed evenly across the population and in terms of access to public services. This will involve addressing the affordability of education and curative health care for poor households. Improvements in public expenditure planning are needed to align resources better to stated desired outcomes and to link nationally-defined targets to subnational planning and budgeting processes. There is also a need to address capacity and data gaps which will be crucial for effective monitoring. 2014-08-01T17:03:45Z 2014-08-01T17:03:45Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2138050/strategic-planning-poverty-reduction-vietnam-progress-challenges-meeting-localized-millennium-development-goals http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19190 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2961 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam

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