communes – the poorest areas in Vietnam. The poverty incidence decreased from 57.5 percent to 49.2 percent during the period …This paper examines the poverty and inequality pattern, income and characteristics of households in the Program 135-II … 2007-2012. Although the poverty incidence decreased, the poverty gap and severity indexes of households in the Program 135 …

This study examines the poverty of the ethnic minorities in the poorest areas in Vietnam. We find that the ethnic … third of the income gap between the majority and all other ethnic minorities groups. Importantly, it implies that poverty of …

from a 2010 Northern Mountain Baseline Survey (NMBS) of the Second Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction Project and Vietnam …This study examines the asset and income pattern of poor ethnic minorities in Northern Mountains of Vietnam using data … Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) 2010. The poor ethnic minorities in Northern Mountains have lower assets and income …

quantify the effects of farmland loss on household livelihood outcomes in peri-urban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam. Our study found … household livelihoods, no econometric evidence of these effects has been provided thus far. This paper, hence, is the first to …, the results show that farmland loss has an indirect positive impact on household welfare, via its positive impact on the …

chapter assesses this factor in terms of household income distribution, the setting of poverty limits, the measurement of …This chapter focuses on the measurement of standard of living and on the factors influencing its level. Specific … possible alternatives. Household income is also a factor of central importance in determining standard of living, and the …

Is household income enough for human development or government should heed to direct provision of social services to …

This paper measures the impacts of cash crops on household consumption expenditure and poverty in rural Viet Nam using … data from the Viet Nam household living standards surveys (VHLSSs) of 2002 and 2004. It has been found that revenues from … result, crop sales have positive and statistically significant impacts on poverty reduction for crop-growing households and …

household expenditures and the possibility of computing poverty measures at a very disaggregate level. As such, we aim at … relying on a consistent micro-household data-set achieves the twin objectives of allowing for changes in the distribution of … contributing with methodological advances in the assessment of the poverty impact of macro-policies. …