Poverty and inequality in Vietnam
Subtitle: spatial patterns and geographic determinants
By: Nicholas Minot, Bob Baulch, and Michael Epprecht.
Contributors: Baulch, Bob.; Epprecht, Michael.
Series: Research report / International Food Policy Research Institute -- 148; Research report (International Food Policy Research Institute) -- 148.
Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Poverty -- Vietnam; Equality -- Vietnam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Data and methods; title: 2.1 Data; title: 2.2 Methods to estimate the incidence of poverty; title: 2.3 Methods to estimate other measures of poverty; title: 2.4 Methods to estimate measures of inequality; title: 2.5 Limitations of the analysis; title: 2.6 Methods in global spatial regression analysis; title: 2.7 Methods in local spatial regression analysis; title: Spatial patterns in poverty and inequality; title: 3.1 Household characteristics correlated with per capita expenditure; title: 3.2 Incidence of poverty; title: 3.3 Spatial patterns in other measures of poverty; title: 3.4 Spatial patterns in inequality; title: 3.5 Relationships between income, poverty, and inequality; title: 3.6 Relationship with MOLISA poverty estimates; title: Geographic determinants of poverty; title: 4.1 Geographic factors; title: 4.2 Estimation issues; title: 4.3 Global model of rural poverty; title: 4.4 Global model of urban poverty; title: Spatial variation in determinants of poverty; title: 5.1 Model description; title: 5.2 Results; title: Summary and conclusions; title: 6.1 Summary; title: 6.2 Conclusions; title: 6.3 Implications for policy and programs; title: 6.4 Implications for future research; title: References; title: Annex A: using GIS derived variables for statistical analysis; title: List of tables; title: Table 1. Selected household data sets for Vietnam; title: Table 2. Household characteristics in both the census and the VLSS; title: Table 3. Explanatory variables used in spatial regression analysis; title: Table 4. Rural and urban regression models of per capita expenditure; title: Table 5. Statistical significance of groups of variables; title: Table 6. Comparison of poverty estimates at national and regional levels; title: Table 7. Estimated poverty rate (p0) for urban and rural areas by province; title: Table 8. Decomposition of inequality into between province and within provinces; title: Table 9. Decomposition of inequality into between and within districts; title: Table 10. Agro-climatic and socio-economic factors that may affect poverty rate; title: Table 11. Diagnostic tests for spatial dependence in rural poverty; title: Table 12. Inclusive model of the geographic determinants of rural poverty; title: Table 13. Selective model of the geographic determinants of rural poverty; title: Table 14. Diagnostic tests for spatial dependence in urban poverty; title: Table 15. Inclusive model of the geographic determinants of urban poverty; title: Table 16. Selective model of the geographic determinants of urban poverty; title: Table 17. List of variables used in geographically-weighted regression analysis error!; title: Bookmark not defined; title: Table 18. Summary results of global model; title: Table 19. Summary results of global and local models.