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Vietnam's social welfare programs do not adequately protect and promote the poor. Increased spending, with better coverage and targeting, could help poor and vulnerable households. How does Vietnam's public safety net affect outcomes for the poor? Although social welfare programs in Vietnam are centrally mandated, they are locally implemented according to local norms and local poverty standards and often rely heavily on local financing. Van de Walle examines the coverage, incidence, and horizontal equity of the programs that can be identified in the data from the Vietnam Living Standards Survey. She looks at the role of location in determining whether the poor are assisted nationally. And she explores dynamic incidence between 1993 and 1998 and the degree to which programs performed a safety net function. The author's analysis shows that coverage and payments to households are low and have had a negligible impact on poverty. In principle, better targeting could improve the impact of current outlays. The analysis also shows that the system was ineffective in protecting households that were vulnerable to shocks. Finally, the results suggest that although there is a greater concentration of poverty-related programs and greater household participation in poorer communes, the system spends more (absolutely and relatively) on the poor in richer communes. This paper-a product of Public Services, Development Research Group-is part of a larger effort in the group to improve the delivery and effectiveness of social protection programs. The author may be contacted at dvandewalle@worldbank.org.

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Public economics --- Social policy --- Action régionale --- Aide au développement régional --- Aide au développement économique régional --- Aide financière publique --- Aide économique nationale --- Aménagement économique régional --- Anti-poverty programs --- Assistance économique intérieure --- Binnenlandse economische hulpverlening --- Distribution of income --- Dépenses publiques --- Dépenses publiques [Politique des] --- Développement économique régional --- Economic assistance [Domestic ] --- Economie du bien-être --- Economische hulpverlening [Binnenlandse ] --- Expansion économique régionale --- Expenditures [Public ] --- Federal aid to depressed areas --- Government economic assistance --- Government spending policy --- Hulpmiddelen bij regionale economische ontwikkeling --- Income distribution --- Inequality of income --- Inkomens--Ongelijkheid --- Inkomens--Verdeling --- Inkomensongelijkheid --- Inkomensverdeling --- Inégalité des revenus --- Overdragen van betalingen --- Overheid--Uitgavenbeleid --- Overheidsuitgaven --- Overheidsuitgaven--Beleid --- Politique de développement régional --- Programmes régionaux de développement et d'équipement --- Public spending policy --- Revenus--Inégalité --- Revenus--Répartition --- Répartition des revenus --- Transfer payments --- Transfert de payements --- Uitgaven [Overheids] --- Uitgaven--Overheidsbeleid --- Uitgavenbeleid van de overheid --- Welfare economics --- Welvaarteconomie --- Economic assistance, Domestic. --- Expenditures, Public. --- Government spending policy. --- Transfer payments. --- Income distribution. --- Welfare economics. --- Paiement de transfert --- Revenu --- Politique gouvernementale --- Répartition --- Expenditures, Public --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- 330.56 --- 336.532 --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Government transfer payments --- Payments, Transfer --- National income --- Income inequality --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Spending policy, Government --- Finance, Public --- Full employment policies --- Unfunded mandates --- Appropriations and expenditures --- Government appropriations --- Government expenditures --- Government spending --- Public expenditures --- Public spending --- Spending, Government --- Public administration --- National service --- Grants-in-aid --- Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- Procedures for evaluation and selection of public investments --- Accounting --- Government policy --- 336.532 Procedures for evaluation and selection of public investments --- 330.56 Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- Aide au développement économique régional --- Dépenses publiques --- Economie du bien-être --- Répartition

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