Cuong, Nguyen VietTruong, Tran Ngocvan der Weide, Roy2012-03-192012-03-192010-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3965The objective of the paper is to update the small area estimates of poverty and inequality for rural Vietnam. The new estimates of province and district level poverty for the year 2006, when combined with estimates available for 1999, allow for examination of how poverty has changed in rural Vietnam over the past seven years. The analysis finds that all provinces across the country experienced a noticeable reduction in rural poverty during the period 1999-2006. Some of the largest reductions in poverty are observed for provinces with poverty rates close to the national average. The poorest provinces have also experienced reductions in poverty, albeit at a more modest pace. Provinces and districts with lower levels of inequality in 2006 have seen above average poverty reductions. The authors consider both expenditure and income based measures of poverty and inequality, and find the results to be very similar.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAVERAGE INEQUALITYAVERAGE LEVELCASH TRANSFERSCLEAN WATERCONSUMPTION BASKETCOVARIANCE MATRIXDATA SETSDECOMPOSABLE POVERTYDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURESDELTA REGIONSDEPENDENT VARIABLEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION LEVELEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPLOYMENT STATUSERROR TERMESTIMATES OF POVERTYESTIMATION METHODESTIMATION RESULTSETHNIC MINORITYEXPLANATORY VARIABLESFARMING TOOLSFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD SECURITYGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONSGINI COEFFICIENTGINI INDEXHEALTH CAREHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATAHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DATAINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINCOME SUPPORTINDICATORS OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY MEASURESINEQUALITY REDUCTIONIRRIGATIONLIVING STANDARDSLOW POVERTY RATESMODEL SPECIFICATIONSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY RATEPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA INCOMEPOINT ESTIMATEPOINT ESTIMATESPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR REGIONSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY CHANGEPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEXPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDEXESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPPOVERTY MAPPINGPOVERTY MAPPING EXERCISEPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMSPOVERTY SEVERITYPROVINCIAL POVERTY INCIDENCEREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL LEVELRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DISTRICTSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY INCIDENCERURAL POVERTY RATERURAL POVERTY RATESRURAL REGIONSSAFETY NETSOCIAL PROTECTIONSPATIAL CORRELATIONSPATIAL PATTERNSPATIAL PATTERNSSTANDARD DEVIATIONTARGETINGURBAN AREASVILLAGE COMMITTEEWARWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5443