safety net interventions in Vietnam as a complement to geographically-targeted poverty reduction programs and social …As it transitions to Middle-Income Country (MIC) status, Vietnam is considering whether its social protection system is … global markets, industrialization, urbanization and other economic and societal shifts. Vietnam's social safety net …

investigates the impact of the social security transfers on poverty in Vietnam. It is found that both pensions and social … expenditure than social allowances. Pensions and social allowances reduce poverty of the recipients as well as the whole …Although there is no doubt that social security can help poverty reduction, their effect on poverty reduction can vary …

Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys 2010, 2012, 2014. Employing household fixed-effects with instrumental variable, the …This paper evaluates how governmental microcredit affects rural households in Vietnam using panel data obtained from … results show that the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) microcredit program has no significant impact on total income of …