World Bank2013-03-152013-03-152010-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12774As it transitions to Middle-Income Country (MIC) status, Vietnam is considering whether its social protection system is adequate to meet rapidly changing needs associated with strong economic growth, integration of its economy in regional and global markets, industrialization, urbanization and other economic and societal shifts. Vietnam's social safety net - programs with the following objectives: 1) alleviation of chronic poverty; 2) help to the poor in coping with the worst forms of shocks and transient poverty; and 3) promotion of human development for long-term poverty alleviation. This note aims to assess the system of social safety net programs currently in place in Vietnam and to gauge how well it covers the poor and vulnerable populations. This note highlights two messages: first, it identifies gaps in the current poverty reduction and social protection system - programs that help address urban vulnerability and poverty and that help the poor and vulnerable manage shocks - which could be closed through strengthened and more effective household-targeted social safety net programs. Second, in examining the existing core social safety net programs the note finds that, while targeting is respectable, their primary weakness lies in limited coverage. Based on these findings, this note strengthens household-targeted social safety net interventions in Vietnam as a complement to geographically-targeted poverty reduction programs and social insurance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO INFORMATIONADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMSASSISTANCE PAYMENTSASSISTANCE PROGRAMSBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFIT LEVELBENEFIT LEVELSCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY-BUILDINGCASH BENEFITCASH BENEFITSCASH INCOMECASH SUPPORTCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCASH-TRANSFERCHILD LABORCHRONIC POVERTYCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECONDITIONAL CASHCONTRIBUTORY PENSIONCURRENT POVERTYDISADVANTAGED AREASDISADVANTAGED ETHNIC MINORITYDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISASTER RELIEFECONOMIC ASSISTANCEECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION SUBSIDIESELDERLY PEOPLEELIGIBILITY CRITERIAELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIESEMERGENCY ASSISTANCEEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESETHNIC MINORITYETHNIC MINORITY GROUPSEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIES WITH CHILDRENFEE WAIVERSFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD STAMPSFREE DISTRIBUTIONFREE HEALTHGEOGRAPHIC REGIONSGLOBAL MARKETSHEALTH CARDHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOMEHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESIDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIESIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCOMEINCOME EARNING POTENTIALINCOME GENERATIONINCOME POVERTYINCOME QUINTILEINCOME SHOCKSINEQUALITYINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSJOB LOSSJOB TRAININGLABOR MARKET POLICIESLIMITED ACCESSLIMITED CAPACITYLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL INFRASTRUCTURELOSS OF INCOMEMACROECONOMIC SHOCKSMARGINAL TAX RATEMARKET FAILURESMINIMUM INCOMEMOUNTAINOUS AREASNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNEAR POORNEEDY HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITIONOLD AGEPARENTAL CAREPENSIONPENSION PAYMENTSPENSIONSPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPOORPOOR AREASPOOR CHILDRENPOOR DISTRICTSPOOR EDUCATIONPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INDIVIDUALSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOOR PROVINCESPOOR REGIONSPOORER PROVINCESPOORER REGIONSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMSPOVERTY STATUSPRICE SUBSIDIESPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION SYSTEMPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SPENDINGREDUCTION IN POVERTYRELIEF FOODREMOTE AREASREMOTE LOCATIONSREMOTE REGIONSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL AVERAGESRURAL HOMESRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL PEOPLERURAL POORRURAL POVERTYSAFETY NET MEASURESSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NET ­ PROGRAMSSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSERVICE PROVIDERSSEVERANCE PAYSHOCKSINGLE PARENTSSLIDING SCALESOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL BENEFITSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL IMPACTSSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMSSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDINGSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESOCIAL WORKSUBSIDIZINGSUBSISTENCESUPPORT NETWORKSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARGETINGTRANSFER AMOUNTTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAM ­ BENEFITSTRANSFER PROGRAMSTRANSIENT POORTRANSIENT POVERTYUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEVILLAGE LEVELVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE PEOPLEVULNERABLE POPULATIONSWARWATER SUPPLYWORK INCENTIVESWORKFAREZAKATWorld Bank10.1596/12774