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Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of
Poverty Assessment

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Contents

I. Poverty Profile and Measurement in Viet Nam

II. Effectiveness of the Government Policies and Programs for Poverty Reduction

1. The Overall framework and Strategy for Poverty Reduction
2. Targeted Programs Addressing Poverty and Social Deprivation
3. Stakeholder initiatives
4. Strategies and Programs of ADB and development partners

III. Challenges

1. Achieving Equitable and Inclusive Economic Growth
2. Widening the Rural-Urban Gap
3. Growing Regional Inequalities
4. Improving the National Targeted Programs
5. Uplifting Ethnic Minorities
6. Decentralization and Participatory Development
7. Malnutrition and Food Insecurity
8. Linkages of Large-Scale Infrastructure to Poverty reduction
9. Improving Monitoring and Evaluation

IV. Strategic Implications for ADB

References

Table 1: Poverty rate
Table 2 Where are the Poor located?
Table 3 Poverty Distribution across Regions

Appendix 1: The Viet Nam Development Goals
Appendix 2: Summary Poverty Impact Assessment of the PRSC Program
Appendix 3: Poverty by regions
Appendix 4: Poverty reduction support by donors