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Poverty and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam 1993-2004

Vietnam Poverty Update Report 2006

Editor: Bat, Nguyen Thi.

Publisher: The National Political Publishers

Place of Publish: Vietnam, Hanoi

Year: 2007

Page Numbers: 86

Acc. No: 2906

Class No: 339.46 POV-SA

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Poverty

Type of Resource: Report

Languages: English

This report was coordinated by Vietnamese research institutions led by the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, with technical assistance from the World Bank in Vietnam. This report uses findings from rigorous research and analyses data from four rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey, to explore recent trends in poverty in all its dimensions. It describes changes in various measures of poverty and inequality and in indicators of social progress over the past ten years.