hazard maps and spatial socioeconomic data. The paper also examines flood exposure and poverty at the local level within Ho …, while the main strategy in Vietnam today to manage flood risk is to reduce exposure, the increase in exposure estimated in …With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural …

Ho Chi Minh City faces significant and growing flood risk. Recent risk reduction efforts may be insufficient as climate … demonstrates how robust decision making can help Ho Chi Minh City develop integrated flood risk management strategies in the face … flood risk management in Ho Chi Minh City's Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal catchment area. It found that the soon …

. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …

in Vietnam shows that the main determinant of the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030 is the income of unskilled … significant impact on poverty in Vietnam in about a quarter of the scenarios, with 400,000 to more than a million people living in …The impacts of climate change on poverty depend on the magnitude of climate change, but also on demographic and …

food away from home. A household survey experiment was implemented in Hanoi, Vietnam, to test these different methods … considered -- including asking about consumption in one line (the existing practice in Vietnam) or asking each individual about … in a survey. Although limited analysis can be conducted on the implications for poverty, the study finds that the …

This study combines high-resolution, geo-spatial data and household data from the Vietnam Living Standard Measurement … Surveys in 2010, 2012, and 2014 to investigate the relationship between environmental risks and poverty. Using recently … developed data on air pollution, tree cover loss, land degradation, slope, rainfall and temperature variability, and flood and …

that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap … data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden traditional poverty analysis … are provided using panel data from the United States (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) and Vietnam (Vietnam Household …

By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …

This paper uses small area estimation techniques to update Vietnam's province and district-level poverty map to 2009 … targeting have become more pronounced over time in Vietnam. Although poverty reduction in Vietnam has been impressive, further …. It finds that poverty rates continue to be highest in the northern and central mountainous regions, where ethnic …

The objective of the paper is to update the small area estimates of poverty and inequality for rural Vietnam. The new … examination of how poverty has changed in rural Vietnam over the past seven years. The analysis finds that all provinces across … estimates of province and district level poverty for the year 2006, when combined with estimates available for 1999, allow for …