Vietnam : Strengthening the Social Safety Net to Address New Poverty and Vulnerability Challenges

As it transitions to Middle-Income Country (MIC) status, Vietnam is considering whether its social protection system is adequate to meet rapidly changing needs associated with strong economic growth, integration of its economy in regional and global markets, industrialization, urbanization and other economic and societal shifts. Vietnam's social safety net - programs with the following objectives: 1) alleviation of chronic poverty; 2) help to the poor in coping with the worst forms of shocks and transient poverty; and 3) promotion of human development for long-term poverty alleviation. This note aims to assess the system of social safety net programs currently in place in Vietnam and to gauge how well it covers the poor and vulnerable populations. This note highlights two messages: first, it identifies gaps in the current poverty reduction and social protection system - programs that help address urban vulnerability and poverty and that help the poor and vulnerable manage shocks - which could be closed through strengthened and more effective household-targeted social safety net programs. Second, in examining the existing core social safety net programs the note finds that, while targeting is respectable, their primary weakness lies in limited coverage. Based on these findings, this note strengthens household-targeted social safety net interventions in Vietnam as a complement to geographically-targeted poverty reduction programs and social insurance.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANTI-POVERTY, ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS, ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, BENEFICIARIES, BENEFICIARY, BENEFIT LEVEL, BENEFIT LEVELS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CASH BENEFIT, CASH BENEFITS, CASH INCOME, CASH SUPPORT, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFERS, CASH-TRANSFER, CHILD LABOR, CHRONIC POVERTY, CLEAN WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONDITIONAL CASH, CONTRIBUTORY PENSION, CURRENT POVERTY, DISADVANTAGED AREAS, DISADVANTAGED ETHNIC MINORITY, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISASTER RELIEF, ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION SUBSIDIES, ELDERLY PEOPLE, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ETHNIC MINORITY, ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FEE WAIVERS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOOD STAMPS, FREE DISTRIBUTION, FREE HEALTH, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, GLOBAL MARKETS, HEALTH CARD, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, IDENTIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES, IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS, IMPACT ON POVERTY, INCIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCOME, INCOME EARNING POTENTIAL, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME POVERTY, INCOME QUINTILE, INCOME SHOCKS, INEQUALITY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, JOB LOSS, JOB TRAINING, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LIMITED ACCESS, LIMITED CAPACITY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LOSS OF INCOME, MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS, MARGINAL TAX RATE, MARKET FAILURES, MINIMUM INCOME, MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEAR POOR, NEEDY HOUSEHOLDS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, PARENTAL CARE, PENSION, PENSION PAYMENTS, PENSIONS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR CHILDREN, POOR DISTRICTS, POOR EDUCATION, POOR HOUSEHOLD, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PERSON, POOR PROVINCES, POOR REGIONS, POORER PROVINCES, POORER REGIONS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAM, POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS, POVERTY STATUS, PRICE SUBSIDIES, PROTECTION POLICIES, PROTECTION SYSTEM, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SPENDING, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RELIEF FOOD, REMOTE AREAS, REMOTE LOCATIONS, REMOTE REGIONS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL AVERAGES, RURAL HOMES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL PEOPLE, RURAL POOR, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY NET MEASURES, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET SYSTEM, SAFETY NET ­ PROGRAMS, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SEVERANCE PAY, SHOCK, SINGLE PARENTS, SLIDING SCALE, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL BENEFITS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL IMPACTS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIAL WORK, SUBSIDIZING, SUBSISTENCE, SUPPORT NETWORKS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TARGETING, TRANSFER AMOUNT, TRANSFER PROGRAM, TRANSFER PROGRAM ­ BENEFITS, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, TRANSIENT POOR, TRANSIENT POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, VILLAGE LEVEL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WAR, WATER SUPPLY, WORK INCENTIVES, WORKFARE, ZAKAT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/16432566/vietnam-strengthening-social-safety-net-address-new-poverty-vulnerability-challenges-policy-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12774
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