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    Urbanisation and fruit-growing in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The fertile Mekong Delta in Viet Nam produces nearly four million tonnes of fruit per year. It also accounts for 70 percent of the country’s fruit exports. Villages located in the Delta have benefited from urbanisation. But the continued industrialisation of Viet Nam’s large cities, the growth of supermarkets and the promotion of large-scale agribusiness all bring challenges for the future.
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    Social health insurance in Vietnam

    International Labour Organization, 2008
    This paper provides an overview of the social health insurance (SHI) scheme in Vietnam, including historical development and current policy issues. It also discusses some policy recommendations to improve effectiveness of the scheme, as well as to cope with challenges for further development
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    Aging, poverty, and social pension in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    In Vietnam, a social pension scheme was implemented in 2004 to provide a monthly benefit to the elderly aged 90 and over who did not have a contributory pension. In April 2007, the eligible age was revised to 85 and over. Impacts of the current scheme have been limited in terms of both coverage and poverty reduction.
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    Demographic changes and pension finances in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    This paper aims to provide a long-term financial vision for the Vietnamese pension scheme using stochastic modelling for key variables under an actuarial framework. In particular, it projects the pension fund balances in order to determine whether the scheme will be financially sustainable.
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    The vulnerability of the elderly households to poverty: determinants and policy implications for Vietnam

    Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
    Using household data in 2004, this paper identifies the determinants of the elderly poverty in Vietnam. It also presents some policy priorities and recommendations based on the findings.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]
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    People, protected areas and global change: participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

    NCCR North South, 2008
    This document compares findings from in-depth research on protected area (PA) management in Latin America Africa, Asia and Europe. It describes how PAs have been managed over the last 50-100 years and considers the ecological, social and economic benefits brought by enhanced participation.
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    Improving the foreign direct investment capacity of the mountainous provinces in Viet Nam

    Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 2008
    This study assesses impediments to private sector growth in Northern Mountainous Provinces (NMPs) of Vietnam which are also similar to many emerging market economies. Though this region has huge potentials to develop, but poor economic infrastructure, remote location and bad foreign direct investment (FDI) climate have hindered the FDI inflows.
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    Quantity but not yet quality in Viet Nam’s education system

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In Viet Nam, enrolment in education has expanded rapidly over the last fifteen years but there are still significant challenges in terms of the quality of education. Many families are paying for private tuition but unless concerted action is undertaken, many poor children will leave primary school with inadequate numeracy and literacy skills.
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    Approaches to rural poverty alleviation in developing Asia: role of water resources

    Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2008
    Focusing on water resources and irrigation, this paper documents a talk by Michael Lipton exploring approaches to poverty alleviation in developing Asia. The talk discusses the findings of a recent paper ‘Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture - realities, issues, and options with guidelines’.

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