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Did Program Support for the Poorest Areas Work?: Evidence from Rural Viet Nam

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dc.contributor.authorDang, Hai-Anh H.
dc.contributor.authorDeininger, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Cuong Vjet
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T21:24:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T21:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the impact of a large-scale poverty alleviation program targeted at the 62 poorest districts in Viet Nam. The analysis of multiple data sets spanning the past 20 years uses a regression discontinuity design with district fixed effects. The findings do not reveal significant program effects on household welfare (as measured by per capita income and poverty) or local economic development (as measured by nighttime light intensity and establishment of new firms). However, the findings show that the program facilitates a shift from farm to nonfarm employment and significantly increases the share of nonfarm income for rural households. A possible explanation for the positive effects on nonfarm employment is the improved access to credit that the program provides to participating households. The findings also show that the program increases household access to electricity, public transfers, educational subsidies for students residing in the program districts, and health care utilization, possibly through improving the availability of commune health care centers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099658001092550561/IDU1a96d5c981ca2d146fb1b061110b6ee4fd522
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11029
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-11029
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42658
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 11029
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectVIET NAM
dc.titleDid Program Support for the Poorest Areas Work?: Evidence from Rural Viet Namen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-01-10
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:54:05.612571Z
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11029
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryViet Nam
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Modeling and Statistics
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Income
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.unitDevelopment Indicators and Data (DECID)
okr.unitDEC-Sustainability & Infrastruct (DECSI)
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