Challenges to Rural Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam - Oxfam Blogs
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Five-year Synthesis Report<br />
Part 2: <strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Poverty</strong> <strong>Reduction</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Viet</strong> <strong>Nam</strong><br />
General picture of multi-dimensional rural poverty at moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
<strong>in</strong> the last five years<br />
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People’s liv<strong>in</strong>g standards at the moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts have improved <strong>in</strong> the last five years<br />
(Figure 2.2) Education, assets, food security and access <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation have improved<br />
the most s<strong>in</strong>ce 2007. Assets (hous<strong>in</strong>g, mo<strong>to</strong>rbikes, and cattle) and access <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
(TV, telephone) have seen the biggest improvements <strong>in</strong> the last five years. Liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
conditions (electricity, safe water, latr<strong>in</strong>es), agricultural employment, access <strong>to</strong> market<br />
(sell<strong>in</strong>g products and buy<strong>in</strong>g agricultural materials) and manag<strong>in</strong>g risks have improved<br />
the least.<br />
FIGURE 2.2. Percent of shortage by dimensions of poverty at the moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts, 2007-2011 (%)<br />
SOURCE: Household <strong>in</strong>terview, 2007-2011<br />
Table 2.3 shows rural residents are <strong>in</strong> households suffer <strong>in</strong> the most dimensions.<br />
Ethnic m<strong>in</strong>ority groups suffer <strong>in</strong> more dimensions than the majority K<strong>in</strong>h.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> Table 2.3, 18% of K<strong>in</strong>h households , 41% of Kh’mer, Tay, Thai and Ede<br />
households and 63% of Van Kieu, Raglai, Kh’Mu, and H’Mong households suffer <strong>in</strong> least<br />
four dimensions.