Independent Evaluation

Viet Nam Case Study [ PDF: 203kb | 29 pages ]

These case studies focused on the use of geographic and household targeting to channel funds to poor regions or deliver benefits to poor households. However, extending its use to investments projects aimed at poverty reduction does not seem appropriate because interventions need to be tailor-made based on a thorough understanding of the primary causes of poverty in the particular project areas.

Malaysia Case Study [ PDF: 93kb | 15 pages ]

Three decades ago, being poor meant not having enough food to eat. Today, it means a family lacking a stable income. These case studies illustrate pathways out of rural poverty, with dramatic reductions in rural poverty. The underlying factor seemed to be strong government interventions. The stable political context created a favorable environment that supported government priorities in terms of poverty reduction. Economic growth in Malaysia was led by the private sector. However, the Government played a key role in fostering an attractive environment for private investment.

People's Republic of China Case Study [ PDF: 125kb | 24 pages ]

Expressways and roads in Sichuan and Yunnan contributed to national economic growth and job creation in the PRC. Through labor migration, the benefits of national economic growth spread over the country as surplus labor from poor regions found employment in other regions with dynamic growth. The hardcore poor, including the disabled, lacked capacity to help themselves, For those able to work, poverty is related to shortage of farmland, isolation in remote mountainous regions, inadequate human capital, and lack of courage to face the outside world.