Demystifying Poverty Measurement in Vietnam

This paper provides an overview of poverty measurement issues in Vietnam for the non-specialist. Vietnam has two main approaches to measuring poverty. An income-based approach is used by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs to genera...

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Main Authors:	Demombynes, Gabriel, Hoang Vu, Linh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM CALORIC REQUIREMENTS CASH EXPENDITURE CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COST OF FOOD DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC LITERATURE ELIGIBILITY EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FOOD BASKET FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD NEEDS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD SHARE GDP GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH ELASTICITY HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NUTRITION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INDEX POVERTY ISSUES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY THRESHOLD REGIONAL COST REGIONAL COST OF LIVING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY LINES SCHOOLING SOCIAL PROGRAMS SQUARED POVERTY GAP STANDARD OF LIVING TARGETING URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VILLAGE LEVEL WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE LEVEL
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21691

Demystifying Poverty Measurement in Vietnam

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