The report – available in English and Vietnamese – highlights key findings on structural transformation and welfare in rural Viet Nam data. Overall, the report, based on 2016 data from the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS), finds that the ongoing structural transformation has improved people’s well-being as well as access to government support and services helping to lift them out of poverty. However, significant disparities in welfare and access to resources across different household groups remain.
Preliminary findings were shared at a consultation meeting at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in May 2017.
VARHS, carried out every other year since 2006, has provided rich data on several thousand rural households during a major economic transition. It has brought rise to new knowledge on the dynamics of household economic activities, and has deepened understanding of access to productive resources in rural regions of the country.
| 13:00-13:30 | Registration |
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Opening remarks
Dr Nguyen Dinh Cung, President, CIEM Prof Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER |
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Main findings of the report Prof Finn Tarp and Dr Saurabh Singhal, UNU-WIDER |
| 14:45-15:00 | Tea Break |
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Comments
Prof Dr Vu Thi Minh, Senior expert, lecturer at National Economics University Prof Dr Chu Tiến Quang, Senior expert |
| 16:00-16:30 | Discussion |
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Conclusion Dr Nguyen Dinh Cung, President, CIEM |
Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Viet Nam responds to the call by the UN Secretary General for reliable, timely and better disaggregated, country level data in the search for an evidence-based course to realizing economic transformation and sustainable development in a post-2015 development context. Specifically, the project builds on – and further develops – two unique firm and rural household panel data sets in Viet Nam, a dynamic East-Asian economy. Read more
Focal point: Finn Tarp
Research fellow: Saurabh Singhal
Assistant: Ann-Mari Sundsten
Communications: Katrina Jurva
Presentation slides (in English)
Following the successful implementation of the Doi Moi reform programme, Viet Nam has experienced outstanding economic progress, for example in aggregate output and poverty reduction. For many years, Viet Nam developed much faster than the typical...
Tiếp nối sự thành công của chương trình cải cách Đổi mới, Việt Nam đã gặt hái được rất nhiều thành tựu kinh tế về tăng trưởng và giảm nghèo, Việt nam đã phát triển nhanh hơn các nước đang phát triển khác; và từ năm 2014, sự khác biệt về tăng trưởng...
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