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. …

We explore the relationship between connections and public transfers in decentralized poverty-targeting programmes …. Using panel data from Vietnam we find evidence that households with connections to local government are more likely to be … identify provision of information as a mechanism through which households use their connections to obtain the poverty …