Vietnam made remarkable progress in poverty reduction in the 1990s. Poverty rates decreased from 58% to 37% between … administration in Vietnam. Program 135 was established in 1998 to provide resources to more than 1,700 of the poorest communes for … Project (CBRIP) builds on the Government's initiative, but offers a somewhat different approach to infrastructure development …

forest management practice has not achieved yet conservation and development objectives, sometimes it even causes conflicts … communities to promote the implementation of both conservation and livelihood development objectives in the research area …

Village development and commune development planning (VDP/CDP) encourages the participation of local people in … analyzing their problems and opportunities, and finding out solutions. This method contributes to community development by … development. To achieve sustainability of the approach, some agencies responsible for its introduction have considered integrating …

. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be …

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and pro-poor outcomes … based on the role of fiscal incentives. The literature on the relationship between fiscal decentralization and pro … assesses the effectiveness of the Vietnamese system of fiscal decentralization for achieving pro-poor outcomes through a …