, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, published in 1968. Myrdal pointed to the decisive nature of the … poverty reduction. People's living standards have improved significantly, and the country's socio-economic achievements are …

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … extensive province-level data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys (VHLSSs) for every alternate year between 2002 …. Furthermore, this inequality gap is rising over time. Despite the country's fast poverty reduction, the poor were increasingly …

Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … extensive province-level data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys (VHLSSs) for every alternate year between 2002 …. Furthermore, this inequality gap is rising over time. Despite the country's fast poverty reduction, the poor were increasingly …

By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam—a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …

reducing poverty from 61 percent in 1993 to 37 percent in 1998. Analysis of provincial panel data suggests that the … factors could contribute to reinforcing both growth and poverty reduction in the long run. …