Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam

The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of various types of government spending on growth and poverty reduction, using provincial level data over the last decade. Government spending reduces poverty through many channels such as agricultural growth and improved nonfarm employment. We...

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Main Authors: Fan, Shenggen, Huong, Pham Lan, Long, Trinh Quang
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26116200/government-spending-poverty-reduction-vietnam
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spelling okr-10986-241142021-04-23T14:04:19Z Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Fan, Shenggen Huong, Pham Lan Long, Trinh Quang LIVING STANDARDS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS POVERTY LINE IMPACT ON POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES REMOTE REGIONS REGIONAL INVESTMENT ILLITERACY FOOD CONSUMPTION CROPLAND INCOME SCHOOLING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY RATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TOTAL POVERTY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FOOD POLICY POORER REGIONS POOR PEOPLE BENEFIT STREAM FARM INCOME FARM HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER CROP VARIETIES RURAL POPULATION RURAL POOR AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT MEASURES ACCESS TO EDUCATION REGION POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL POVERTY RURAL ACTIVITIES SAVINGS ARABLE LAND CROP PRODUCTION RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS REGIONAL DIFFERENCE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS FARM EMPLOYMENT POVERTY INCIDENCE TRANSFERS AGRICULTURAL LABOUR INFLATION RATE ECONOMIC POLICIES FARMERS ETHNIC MINORITY RURAL WAGES FARM SECTOR POVERTY IMPACT OF GROWTH CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY PROFILE FOOD PRODUCTION ENROLMENT RATES AGRICULTURAL POLICY ACCESS TO SCHOOLS CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL REGIONAL VARIATIONS FOOD POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RURAL GROWTH RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTION GROWTH RURAL POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FOOD EXPENDITURE RURAL ECONOMY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY REGIONAL ALLOCATION AGRICULTURAL LAND RURAL IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT RURAL EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTION FUNCTION LACK OF INCENTIVES REGIONAL IMPACT TARGETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS REGIONAL FOOD CALORIES PER PERSON REGIONS WAR IRRIGATION COMMERCIAL BANKS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL AREAS POVERTY DIVERSE REGIONS REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION RURAL PUBLIC INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE IN POVERTY RURAL ROAD HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POOR REGIONS POOR POVERTY ASSESSMENT ASSET SALES LACK OF INFORMATION POVERTY IMPACT CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY PUBLIC SPENDING RURAL DEVELOPMENT POORER PROVINCES REMOTE AREAS POVERTY ALLEVIATION REGIONAL POVERTY INCIDENCE INEQUALITY The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of various types of government spending on growth and poverty reduction, using provincial level data over the last decade. Government spending reduces poverty through many channels such as agricultural growth and improved nonfarm employment. We will try to capture all these different effects in the analysis if the data allow. This paper opens with a review of Vietnam’s economic reforms and growth over the past decade. We then sketch Vietnam’s poverty profile, highlighting changes over time, regional distribution, and differences among population groups. In the next two chapters, we will review the trend and composition of government spending, agricultural R&D and infrastructure endowments in Vietnam over the last decade. Chapter 5 presents the analytical framework used to estimate the effect of various types of government spending on growth and poverty reduction. The data, model estimation, and results are presented in chapter 6. We conclude the paper by offering future priorities for government investments in chapter 7. 2016-04-21T16:59:59Z 2016-04-21T16:59:59Z 2004-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26116200/government-spending-poverty-reduction-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24114 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic LIVING STANDARDS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
POVERTY LINE
IMPACT ON POVERTY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
REMOTE REGIONS
REGIONAL INVESTMENT
ILLITERACY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
CROPLAND
INCOME
SCHOOLING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
POVERTY RATES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
TOTAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOOD POLICY
POORER REGIONS
POOR PEOPLE
BENEFIT STREAM
FARM INCOME
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
CROP VARIETIES
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POOR
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
MEASURES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
REGION
POVERTY REDUCTION
REGIONAL POVERTY
RURAL ACTIVITIES
SAVINGS
ARABLE LAND
CROP PRODUCTION
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCE
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
FARM EMPLOYMENT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
TRANSFERS
AGRICULTURAL LABOUR
INFLATION RATE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
FARMERS
ETHNIC MINORITY
RURAL WAGES
FARM SECTOR
POVERTY IMPACT OF GROWTH
CASH TRANSFERS
POVERTY PROFILE
FOOD PRODUCTION
ENROLMENT RATES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
CONSUMPTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
FOOD POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL GROWTH
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRODUCTION GROWTH
RURAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
FOOD EXPENDITURE
RURAL ECONOMY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
REGIONAL ALLOCATION
AGRICULTURAL LAND
RURAL
IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
LACK OF INCENTIVES
REGIONAL IMPACT
TARGETING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
REGIONAL FOOD
CALORIES PER PERSON
REGIONS
WAR
IRRIGATION
COMMERCIAL BANKS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
DIVERSE REGIONS
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
RURAL PUBLIC
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
DECLINE IN POVERTY
RURAL ROAD
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POOR REGIONS
POOR
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
ASSET SALES
LACK OF INFORMATION
POVERTY IMPACT
CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY
PUBLIC SPENDING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
POORER PROVINCES
REMOTE AREAS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
REGIONAL POVERTY INCIDENCE
INEQUALITY
spellingShingle LIVING STANDARDS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
POVERTY LINE
IMPACT ON POVERTY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
REMOTE REGIONS
REGIONAL INVESTMENT
ILLITERACY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
CROPLAND
INCOME
SCHOOLING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
POVERTY RATES
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
TOTAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
FOOD POLICY
POORER REGIONS
POOR PEOPLE
BENEFIT STREAM
FARM INCOME
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
CROP VARIETIES
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POOR
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
MEASURES
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
REGION
POVERTY REDUCTION
REGIONAL POVERTY
RURAL ACTIVITIES
SAVINGS
ARABLE LAND
CROP PRODUCTION
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
REGIONAL DIFFERENCE
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS
FARM EMPLOYMENT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
TRANSFERS
AGRICULTURAL LABOUR
INFLATION RATE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
FARMERS
ETHNIC MINORITY
RURAL WAGES
FARM SECTOR
POVERTY IMPACT OF GROWTH
CASH TRANSFERS
POVERTY PROFILE
FOOD PRODUCTION
ENROLMENT RATES
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
CONSUMPTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
FOOD POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
ETHNIC MINORITY PEOPLE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL GROWTH
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRODUCTION GROWTH
RURAL POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
FOOD EXPENDITURE
RURAL ECONOMY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
REGIONAL ALLOCATION
AGRICULTURAL LAND
RURAL
IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
LACK OF INCENTIVES
REGIONAL IMPACT
TARGETING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
REGIONAL FOOD
CALORIES PER PERSON
REGIONS
WAR
IRRIGATION
COMMERCIAL BANKS
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
DIVERSE REGIONS
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
RURAL PUBLIC
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
DECLINE IN POVERTY
RURAL ROAD
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POOR REGIONS
POOR
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
ASSET SALES
LACK OF INFORMATION
POVERTY IMPACT
CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY
PUBLIC SPENDING
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
POORER PROVINCES
REMOTE AREAS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
REGIONAL POVERTY INCIDENCE
INEQUALITY
Fan, Shenggen
Huong, Pham Lan
Long, Trinh Quang
Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
description The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of various types of government spending on growth and poverty reduction, using provincial level data over the last decade. Government spending reduces poverty through many channels such as agricultural growth and improved nonfarm employment. We will try to capture all these different effects in the analysis if the data allow. This paper opens with a review of Vietnam’s economic reforms and growth over the past decade. We then sketch Vietnam’s poverty profile, highlighting changes over time, regional distribution, and differences among population groups. In the next two chapters, we will review the trend and composition of government spending, agricultural R&D and infrastructure endowments in Vietnam over the last decade. Chapter 5 presents the analytical framework used to estimate the effect of various types of government spending on growth and poverty reduction. The data, model estimation, and results are presented in chapter 6. We conclude the paper by offering future priorities for government investments in chapter 7.
format Working Paper
author Fan, Shenggen
Huong, Pham Lan
Long, Trinh Quang
author_facet Fan, Shenggen
Huong, Pham Lan
Long, Trinh Quang
author_sort Fan, Shenggen
title Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
title_short Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
title_full Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
title_fullStr Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Government Spending and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam
title_sort government spending and poverty reduction in vietnam
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26116200/government-spending-poverty-reduction-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24114
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