Disability and Poverty in Vietnam

Disability is significantly correlated with poverty in Vietnam, according to data from the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, especially when the extra costs of living with a disability are taken into account. This disability-poverty link is also associated with lower educational attain...

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Main Authors:	Mont, Daniel, Cuon, Nguyen Viet
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank 2013
Subjects:	assistive devices Blind communities disabilities Disability disabled disabled people gender hearing hearing aid jobs mental disabilities mental health psychological disabilities self-care severe disabilities sight social life technical support transportation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13478

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spelling	okr-10986-134772021-04-23T14:03:08Z Disability and Poverty in Vietnam Mont, Daniel Cuon, Nguyen Viet assistive devices Blind communities disabilities Disability disabled disabled people gender hearing hearing aid jobs mental disabilities mental health psychological disabilities self-care severe disabilities sight social life technical support transportation Disability is significantly correlated with poverty in Vietnam, according to data from the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, especially when the extra costs of living with a disability are taken into account. This disability-poverty link is also associated with lower educational attainment, an important factor in determining poverty and productive economic activity in general, both for household-based businesses and wage employment. Not taking into account these associations and the extra costs of disability will make some poor disabled people invisible in poverty statistics and impede efforts to reduce poverty. 2013-05-20T22:00:27Z 2013-05-20T22:00:27Z 2011-05-31 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X doi:10.1093/wber/lhr019 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13478 en_US World Bank Economic Review;25(2) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Vietnam
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description	Disability is significantly correlated with poverty in Vietnam, according to data from the 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, especially when the extra costs of living with a disability are taken into account. This disability-poverty link is also associated with lower educational attainment, an important factor in determining poverty and productive economic activity in general, both for household-based businesses and wage employment. Not taking into account these associations and the extra costs of disability will make some poor disabled people invisible in poverty statistics and impede efforts to reduce poverty.
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author	Mont, Daniel Cuon, Nguyen Viet
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title	Disability and Poverty in Vietnam
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Disability and Poverty in Vietnam

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