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100 1 |a Walle, devan Dominique 
245 0 0 |a Sources of Ethnic Inequality in Vietnam  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c Walle, devan Dominique 
260 |a Washington, D.C  |b The World Bank  |c 1999 
300 |a 38 p. 
653 |a Large Population 
653 |a Financial Literacy 
653 |a Public Services 
653 |a Health, Nutrition and Population 
653 |a Policy 
653 |a Social Protections and Labor 
653 |a Rural Development 
653 |a Urban Development 
653 |a Development Policies 
653 |a Poverty Reduction 
653 |a Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems 
653 |a Debt Markets 
653 |a Health Care 
653 |a Disability 
653 |a Discrimination 
653 |a Rural Areas 
653 |a Housing and Human Habitats 
653 |a Population Policies 
653 |a Agriculture 
653 |a Knowledge 
653 |a Indigenous Practices 
653 |a Land Tenure 
653 |a Policies 
653 |a Basic Infrastructure 
653 |a Living Standards 
653 |a Rural Poverty Reduction 
653 |a Minority 
653 |a Urban Housing 
653 |a Ill-Health 
653 |a Ethnic Groups 
653 |a Communities & Human Settlements 
653 |a Cash Crops 
653 |a Poverty 
653 |a Finance and Financial Sector Development 
653 |a Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems 
653 |a Income Inequality 
700 1 |a Gunewardena, Dileni 
700 1 |a Walle, devanDominique 
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989 |b WOBA  |a World Bank E-Library Archive 
856 4 0 |u http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/workingpaper/10.1596/1813-9450-2297  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a This paper - a product of Public Economics and Rural Development, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the determinants of poverty and the policy implications. Dominique van de Walle may be contacted at dvandewalle@worldbank.org 
520 |a There is evidence of compensating behavior. For example, pure returns to location - even in remote, inhospitable areas - tend to be higher for minorities, though not high enough to overcome the large consumption difference with the majority. The majority ethnic group's model of income generation is a poor guide on how to fight poverty among ethnic minority groups. Nor is it enough to target poor areas to redress ethnic inequality. Policies must be designed to reach minority households in poor areas and to explicitly recognize behavior patterns (including compensating behavior) that have served the minorities well in the short term but intensify ethnic inequalities in the longer term. It will be important to open up options for minority groups both by ensuring that they are not disadvantaged (in labor markets, for example), and by changing the conditions that have caused their isolation and social exclusion.  
520 |a How much is this because of differences in economic characteristics (such as education levels and land) rather than low returns to characteristics? Is there a self-reinforcing culture of poverty in the minority groups, reflecting patterns of past discrimination? Van de Walle and Gunewardena find that differences in levels of living are due in part to the fact that the minorities live in less productive areas characterized by difficult terrain, poor infrastructure, less access to off-farm work and the market economy, and inferior access to education. Geographic disparities tend to persist because of immobility and regional differences in living standards. But the authors also find large differences within geographical areas even after controlling for household characteristics. They find differences in returns to productive characteristics to be the most important explanation for ethnic inequality. But the minorities do not obtain lower returns to all characteristics.  
520 |a March 2000 - To redress ethnic inequality in Vietnam, it is not enough to target poor areas. Policies must be designed to reach minority households in poor areas, to open up options by ensuring that minority groups are not disadvantaged (in labor markets, for example), to change the conditions that have caused their isolation and social exclusion, and to explicitly recognize behavior patterns (including compensating behavior) that have served the minorities well but intensify ethnic inequalities in the longer term. Vietnam's ethnic minorities, who tend to live mostly in remote rural areas, typically have lower living standards than the ethnic majority.