Progress in Vietnam has been substantial when other dimensions of poverty, apart from expenditures, are considered. The … gained more than others, Vietnam continues to reduce poverty considerably faster than other countries at a similar … broader Vietnam Development Goals (VDGs), which are a localized version of the Millennium Development Goals, show a consistent …

The authors combine household survey and census data to construct a provincial poverty map of Vietnam and evaluate the … household and geographic characteristics using the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey. Next, they combine the results with … data on the same household characteristics from the 1999 census to estimate the incidence of poverty in each province. The …

. This book studies how the changes in land institutions and land allocation required for Vietnam's agrarian transition …

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 …

Vietnam is implementing a long run reform agenda for the power sector, with the aim of restructuring the sector to … Policy Loans (DPLs). A number of Poverty and Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) activities will be carried out in support of … Vietnam's power sector reforms and as part of the World Bank's due diligence work for the power sector DPLs. This PSIA focuses …