Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment
The expanding coverage of social assistance in Vietnam raises a question of whether relevant arrangements at all levels are sufficiently robust to handle a larger program. This note explores institutional and delivery aspects of formal and informal...
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ABANDONED CHILDREN ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTI-POVERTY BANKING SERVICES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFIT PAYMENT BUDGETING CASH FLOWS CASH TRANSFERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHECKS CHRONIC POVERTY COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMUNITY SURVEYS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COOPERATIVES COUNTERPART FUNDS CURRENCY DECENTRALIZATION DEPOSITS DISABLED DISABLED PERSONS DONOR SUPPORT ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EPIDEMICS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FARMERS FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INDUSTRIAL PARKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE LAND ACQUISITION LIVING STANDARDS METROPOLITAN CITIES MUNICIPAL BUDGETS NATURAL DISASTERS PENSION POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION WORK POVERTY THRESHOLD PUBLIC FUNDS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DISTRICT SAFETY NET SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL FACILITIES SELF-FINANCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SINGLE PARENTS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOFT LOAN STAKEHOLDERS TARGETING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPARENCY TRUSTEE TUITION TURNOVER UNION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAR WATER SUPPLIES |
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ABANDONED CHILDREN ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTI-POVERTY BANKING SERVICES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFIT PAYMENT BUDGETING CASH FLOWS CASH TRANSFERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHECKS CHRONIC POVERTY COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMUNITY SURVEYS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COOPERATIVES COUNTERPART FUNDS CURRENCY DECENTRALIZATION DEPOSITS DISABLED DISABLED PERSONS DONOR SUPPORT ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EPIDEMICS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FARMERS FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INDUSTRIAL PARKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE LAND ACQUISITION LIVING STANDARDS METROPOLITAN CITIES MUNICIPAL BUDGETS NATURAL DISASTERS PENSION POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION WORK POVERTY THRESHOLD PUBLIC FUNDS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DISTRICT SAFETY NET SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL FACILITIES SELF-FINANCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SINGLE PARENTS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOFT LOAN STAKEHOLDERS TARGETING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPARENCY TRUSTEE TUITION TURNOVER UNION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAR WATER SUPPLIES Nguyen, Tam Giang Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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The expanding coverage of social
assistance in Vietnam raises a question of whether relevant
arrangements at all levels are sufficiently robust to handle
a larger program. This note explores institutional and
delivery aspects of formal and informal social assistance in
metropolitan cities. It is a result of a rapid assessment of
governance and administration of social assistance in
metropolitan cities, including interviews with related
stakeholders in Ho Chi Minh City in July 2010 and in Hanoi
in January 2011. Basically, the existing governance and
administrative structures for delivery of Decrees 67/13
assistance in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are characterized
by a number of common issues elsewhere in the country, as
described in previous studies. In addition, this note finds
that while the cities may have resources to self-finance
their assistance under Decrees 67/13 and provide significant
informal assistance through various channels, their
determination of exclusive poverty lines without sound
scientific grounds may result in substantial inclusion and
exclusion errors in locally funded schemes of aid.
Furthermore, although the cities provided some forms of
off-budget temporary assistance in response to the economic
crisis in 2009, their targeting was based on the poor list
and the 'conventional' administrative
classification of residence status rather than consideration
of actual needs as arisen from the crisis. These findings
entail systematically strengthening the governance and
administrative system of social assistance, given proven
substantial increases in beneficiary coverage under Decree
13; improving methods of determining poverty lines; and
developing measures to identify emerging needs from external
catastrophic shocks and thus formulating an appropriate
targeting mechanism in the metropolitan cities. Also, a
mechanism is required to effectively harmonize formal and
informal assistance in order to optimize resources and
maximize the coverage of assistance to needy individuals and households. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note |
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Nguyen, Tam Giang |
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Nguyen, Tam Giang |
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Nguyen, Tam Giang |
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Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment |
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vietnam : formal and informal social assistance in metropolitan cities - a rapid assessment |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-127762021-04-23T14:03:04Z Vietnam : Formal and Informal Social Assistance in Metropolitan Cities - A Rapid Assessment Nguyen, Tam Giang ABANDONED CHILDREN ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTI-POVERTY BANKING SERVICES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFIT PAYMENT BUDGETING CASH FLOWS CASH TRANSFERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHECKS CHRONIC POVERTY COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMUNITY SURVEYS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COOPERATIVES COUNTERPART FUNDS CURRENCY DECENTRALIZATION DEPOSITS DISABLED DISABLED PERSONS DONOR SUPPORT ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EPIDEMICS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FARMERS FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCOME SHOCKS INDUSTRIAL PARKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSURANCE LAND ACQUISITION LIVING STANDARDS METROPOLITAN CITIES MUNICIPAL BUDGETS NATURAL DISASTERS PENSION POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION WORK POVERTY THRESHOLD PUBLIC FUNDS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DISTRICT SAFETY NET SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL FACILITIES SELF-FINANCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SINGLE PARENTS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOFT LOAN STAKEHOLDERS TARGETING TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRANSPARENCY TRUSTEE TUITION TURNOVER UNION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VILLAGES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAR WATER SUPPLIES The expanding coverage of social assistance in Vietnam raises a question of whether relevant arrangements at all levels are sufficiently robust to handle a larger program. This note explores institutional and delivery aspects of formal and informal social assistance in metropolitan cities. It is a result of a rapid assessment of governance and administration of social assistance in metropolitan cities, including interviews with related stakeholders in Ho Chi Minh City in July 2010 and in Hanoi in January 2011. Basically, the existing governance and administrative structures for delivery of Decrees 67/13 assistance in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are characterized by a number of common issues elsewhere in the country, as described in previous studies. In addition, this note finds that while the cities may have resources to self-finance their assistance under Decrees 67/13 and provide significant informal assistance through various channels, their determination of exclusive poverty lines without sound scientific grounds may result in substantial inclusion and exclusion errors in locally funded schemes of aid. Furthermore, although the cities provided some forms of off-budget temporary assistance in response to the economic crisis in 2009, their targeting was based on the poor list and the 'conventional' administrative classification of residence status rather than consideration of actual needs as arisen from the crisis. These findings entail systematically strengthening the governance and administrative system of social assistance, given proven substantial increases in beneficiary coverage under Decree 13; improving methods of determining poverty lines; and developing measures to identify emerging needs from external catastrophic shocks and thus formulating an appropriate targeting mechanism in the metropolitan cities. Also, a mechanism is required to effectively harmonize formal and informal assistance in order to optimize resources and maximize the coverage of assistance to needy individuals and households. 2013-03-15T16:52:18Z 2013-03-15T16:52:18Z 2011-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/04/16432469/vietnam-formal-informal-social-assistance-metropolitan-cities-rapid-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12776 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |