Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi
By international standards, and given
its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved
substantial reductions in, and low levels of, infant and
under-five mortality. The authors review existing evidence
and provide new evidence on whether, under the economic
liberalization program known as Doi Moi, this reduction in
child mortality has been sustained. They conclude that it
has, but that the gains have been concentrated among the
better-off. As a result, socioeconomic inequalities in child
survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early
1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop survival
models to find the causes of this differential decline in
child mortality, and conclude that a number of factors have
been at work, including reductions among the poor (but not
among the better-off) in coverage of health services and in
women's educational attainment. They argue that if the
experience of the late 1990s is a guide to the future, the
lack of progress among the poor will jeopardize
Vietnam's chances of achieving the international
development goals for child mortality. The authors examine
various policy scenarios, including expanding coverage of
health services, water and sanitation, and find that such
measures, while useful, will have only a limited effect on
the mortality of poor children. They find that programs
aimed at narrowing the gap between the poor and better-off
may have large beneficial effects on the various
determinants of child survival.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Wagstaff, Adam,
Nguyen, Nga Nguyet |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2002-04
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| Subjects: | AGE GROUPS,
ANTENATAL CARE,
ANTENATAL VISITS,
ASBESTOS,
CENSUS,
CENSUS DATA,
CENSUSES,
CHILD MORBIDITY,
CHILD MORTALITY,
CHILD SURVIVAL,
CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION,
DEATHS,
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS,
DIPHTHERIA,
DRUGS,
ECONOMIES OF SCALE,
EXERCISES,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH CARE SECTOR,
HEALTH FACILITIES,
HEALTH INSURANCE,
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE,
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS,
HEALTH OUTCOMES,
HEALTH SECTOR,
HEALTH SERVICES,
HOUSEHOLD DATA,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
INCOME,
INFANT MORTALITY,
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS,
IRON,
LIFE TABLES,
LIVE BIRTHS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH,
MCH,
MEASLES,
MEDICAL CARE,
MEDICAL SERVICES,
MEDICINES,
MINORITIES,
MORALITY,
MORTALITY DECLINE,
MORTALITY RATE,
MOTHERS,
NEONATAL MORTALITY,
NURSES,
PARENTS,
PHYSICIANS,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POOR CHILDREN,
PREGNANCIES,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PUBLIC HEALTH,
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES,
PUBLIC SERVICES,
RADIO,
RISK OF DEATH,
SAFE DRINKING WATER,
SANITATION,
TETANUS,
URBAN AREAS,
VACCINATION,
VACCINES,
WHOOPING COUGH,
YOUNGER WOMEN INFANT MORTALITY,
CHILD HEALTH,
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT,
HEALTH DELIVERY,
WATER DELIVERY,
SANITATION SERVICES,
HEALTH TRENDS,
TARGETING,
DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1775831/poverty-survival-prospects-vietnamese-children-under-doi-moi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14805
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