Dhr. Nguyen Viet Cuong, MSc: ‘Essays on Impact Evaluation: New Empirical Evidence from Vietnam”

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28 okt 2009 11:00
Onderdeel: Wageningen University
Locatie: Aula, gebouw 362, Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen
Organisatie: Wageningen University
Promotor: prof.dr. D. Bigman (Global food security and international trade)
Promotor: Prof.dr. B.W. Lensink (RUG)
Co-Promotor: Dr.ir. M.M. van den Berg

 This study estimates the impact of various economic flows including government-subsidized micro-credit, informal credit, public and private transfers, international remittances, and migration on poverty and inequality for Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys in 2004 and 2006. Impact evaluation methods employed in the study include fixed-effects regression and difference-in-differences with propensity score matching. It is found that the impact of the governmental micro-credit, public transfers and international remittances on poverty reduction is very limited. On the contrary, informal credit, domestic (internal) private transfers and migration have positive and statistically significant impacts on poverty reduction. The domestic private transfers have the largest effect on the total poverty of the population due to a high impact on expenditure and a large coverage of the poor. Regarding inequality, both government-subsidized micro-credit and informal credit do not affect inequality significantly. Public transfers and international remittances increase inequality slightly, while domestic private transfers and migration lead to a decrease in inequality.
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