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An ex-ante assessment on poverty and cash transfer benefits in Viet Nam under the Covid-19 pandemic

Long Thanh Giang; Kikkawa, Aiko; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2021

poverty status of the Vietnamese households, and then simulated the impact of cash transfer programs by the government of … Vietnam on the income and poverty status of households. Our simulations suggest that COVID-19 leads to substantial reduction …-poor and helps bring about 1.2 million people out of poverty. The transfers would be particularly pro-poor for ethnic minority …

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Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Malesky, Edmund; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2020

Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring these insights into the debates about comparative support for government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We fill in this gap by analyzing rich survey data from six countries...

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COVID-19 pandemic and the health and well-being of vulnerable people in Vietnam

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Minh Do - 2022

pandemic reduced household income, increased the poverty rate, and worsened wage equality. It increased the proportion of below …

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Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? : evidence from a six-country survey

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Toan Luu Duc Huynh; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havocs on economies around the world. Yet, much needs to be learnt on the distributional impacts of the pandemic. We contribute new theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional impacts of the pandemic on different income groups in a multi-country...

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Why guarantee employment? : evidence from a large Indian public-works program

Zimmermann, Laura - 2020

Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...

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Social safety nets in Tunisia : do benefits reach the poor and vulnerable households at the regional level?

Nasri, Khaled - 2020

disagreement between eligibility criteria and a person's poverty status. …

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The economic and social impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on migrant remittances : an overview of Tunisia and Morocco

Habib, Hajer - 2020

The spread of the novel coronavirus and 'stay at home' measures in response to this global health crisis is profoundly changing societies and economies around the world. The objective of this work is to analyze the economic impact of Covid-19 by focusing on their implications on migrant...

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The long-term effects of war on foreign direct investment and economic development : evidence from Vietnam

Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran Quang Tuyen; Huong Van Vu - 2022

In this study, we find that the negative effect of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the geographical density of foreign direct investment and large firms is a new channel through which the war legacy impedes local development in Vietnam. A 1% increase in the proportion of UXO-contaminated area leads...

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Growth constraints and structural diversification for Kyrgyzstan economy : policy analysis of key reforms and its implications

Das, Gouranga Gopal; Ginting, Edimon; Horridge, Mark; … - 2023

Kyrgyzstan economy have undergone transition from a different economic system in the 1990s until now. For stimulating a diversified long-run growth in Kyrgyzstan, the region needs to overcome spatial fragmentation by integrating the regions for economic development translating into national...

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