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Ethnic disadvantage in Vietnam : evidence using panel data

Singhal, Saurabh; Beck, Ulrik - 2015

This study investigates the ethnic disadvantage in rural Vietnam, focusing on the magnitude of the majority …

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Ethnic and racial disparities in children's education : comparative evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Viet Nam

Arouri, Mohamed; BenYoussef, Adel; Nguyen, Cuong - 2016

We investigate whether there are racial and ethnic disparities in children's education in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Viet Nam. We find that in all the four countries, and especially in Viet Nam, children from small ethnic groups have lower education attainment and cognitive ability. The gap in...

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Programme-135: addressing poverty and inequality in Viet Nam

Tung Duc Phung; Thanh Minh Pham - 2022

Viet Nam has achieved remarkable economic growth and poverty reduction since the Doi Moi. However, ethnic minorities and the ethnic majority do not benefit equally from the national economic progress. The proportion of poor households that are ethnic minority-headed soared from 18 per cent in...

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Persistent Malnutrition in Ethnic Minority Communities of Vietnam : Issues and Options for Policy and Interventions

Mbuya, Nkosinathi V. N. - 2019

malnutrition is fundamental to the development of Vietnam's human capital. Economic development of the nation depends on the … rates of malnutrition among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. It assesses the determinants and causes, using a causal …

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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations

World Bank Group - 2019

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in …

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Drivers of Socio-Economic Development Among Ethnic Minority Groups in Vietnam

World Bank Group - 2019

While Vietnam has now reached lower middle-income country status, the gaps between the ethnic minority population and … addressed in the respective policies and designated programs or projects initiated by the Government of Vietnam, development …

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Ethnic Minority Poverty in Vietnam

Baulch, Bob - 2009

Although economic reform has brought remarkable progress in poverty reduction in Vietnam, the scale and depth of ethnic … minority poverty in Vietnam presents one of the major challenges to achieving the targets for poverty reduction set out in the … discussed, drawing on both quantitative analysis and the large number of qualitative studies on ethnic issues in Vietnam …

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Group-based inequalities : the case of Viet Nam

Hoai, Dang Thi Thu - 2017

This paper examines the issue of horizontal inequalities in Viet Nam over the past 20 years. Using data from three recent Viet Nam population censuses (1989, 1999, and 2009) and three Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys (1998, 2008, 2012), we estimated numerous measures on inequalities...

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Information, identification, or neither? : experimental evidence on role models in Viet Nam

Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2018

How can development programmes reach out to remote communities? This paper presents experimental evidence on the impact of a role models intervention that aims to inspire ethnic minority households to start businesses and diversify income sources. The experiment took place in three provinces of...

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Ethnicity and risk sharing network formation : evidence from rural Viet Nam

Hoang, Quynh; Pasquier-Doumer, Laure; Saint-Macary, Camille - 2018

Ethnic inequality remains a persistent challenge for Viet Nam. This paper aims at better understanding this ethnic gap through exploring the formation of risk sharing networks in rural areas. It first investigates the differences in risk sharing networks between the ethnic minorities and the...

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