Updating Poverty Maps of Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2002 and Population Census 1999

Nguyen Viet, Cuong and Van der Weide, Roy and Tran, Ngoc Truong (2007): Updating Poverty Maps of Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2002 and Population Census 1999.

Abstract

Poverty map is an important for poverty targeting in developing countries. In this study, we combine the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) in 2002 and the Population Census in 1999 to estimate poverty and inequality indexes of all provinces and districts of Vietnam in the year 2002.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Poverty measurement, poverty mapping, agricultural census, household survey, Vietnam.
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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