The design of anti-poverty strategies requires good data on the nature and causes of poverty. Yet data on income poverty are collected at the household level. Thus, estimates of childhood poverty are based on the percentage of children living in poor households, which overlooks the possible differences in allocations amongst members of a household. For this reason, it is extremely difficult to report accurate figures on the number of children living in poverty. In this paper, the authors consider and apply the use of adult equivalence scales – adjustments to the data to tell how much of household expenditure goes to each child – to assess childhood poverty in Vietnam. The authors review the different approaches to estimating child expendit...
Child poverty can be measured using approaches that aim to make cross-country comparisons on a regio...
This paper analyzes the role of women’s work in reducing poverty in Vietnam during the period of 200...
This report presents a brief literature review of childhood poverty in Vietnam, reviews national pol...
Measurements of child poverty are commonly carried out using household expenditure data in per capit...
Despite a wide under-prioritization, the issue of child poverty has received increasing attention wo...
Increased attention to childrens’ special position within poverty measurement resulted in the develo...
Vietnam has achieved impressive poverty reduction, with the poverty rate falling from 58 per cent in...
Despite two decades of rapid economic growth in Vietnam, child poverty remains a sizeable problem. T...
Childhood poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional and context-specific problem. This complexity of c...
A widely used division between poverty measures based on conceptual underpinnings and analytical out...
This illustration presents findings from a research project on monetary and multidimensional child p...
Household size and composition are often overlooked when income poverty is measured. This leads to a...
This paper outlines the sampling methodology used by Young Lives in Vietnam. The Vietnam team select...
Child poverty can be measured using approaches that aim to make cross-country comparisons on a regio...
This paper analyzes the role of women’s work in reducing poverty in Vietnam during the period of 200...
This report presents a brief literature review of childhood poverty in Vietnam, reviews national pol...
Measurements of child poverty are commonly carried out using household expenditure data in per capit...
Despite a wide under-prioritization, the issue of child poverty has received increasing attention wo...
Increased attention to childrens’ special position within poverty measurement resulted in the develo...
Vietnam has achieved impressive poverty reduction, with the poverty rate falling from 58 per cent in...
Despite two decades of rapid economic growth in Vietnam, child poverty remains a sizeable problem. T...
Childhood poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional and context-specific problem. This complexity of c...
A widely used division between poverty measures based on conceptual underpinnings and analytical out...
This illustration presents findings from a research project on monetary and multidimensional child p...
Household size and composition are often overlooked when income poverty is measured. This leads to a...
This paper outlines the sampling methodology used by Young Lives in Vietnam. The Vietnam team select...
Child poverty can be measured using approaches that aim to make cross-country comparisons on a regio...
This paper analyzes the role of women’s work in reducing poverty in Vietnam during the period of 200...
This report presents a brief literature review of childhood poverty in Vietnam, reviews national pol...