Vietnam has at least 16 national initiatives on poverty reduction, however overlap has diminished their effectiveness.
Speaking at a meeting on sustainable poverty reduction on February 20, deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said that too many poverty reduction projects are being carried out in the context of limited resources. This has led to difficulties in the implementation and supervision of projects implementation. In addition, a number of localities like to point with pride to their achievements without taking into account the efficiency of the projects.
Minister, Chairman of the Committee of Ethnic Minorities, Giang Seo Phu, said that aside from the 16 projects, there are also 196 documents on poverty reduction issued by various ministries.
Also, some projects are simply wasteful. Even though residents of the Mekong Delta provinces, who are not in need of it, are provided with salt, while communities in mountainous and other remote regions do need it.
The poverty rate among ethnic minority people still accounts for around 50% of the country’s total number of poor households.
Deputy PM, Vu Van Ninh, expressed surprise at the rate of poverty relapse, as for every three households that manage to escape poverty, one sinks below the poverty line again.
The minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Pham Thi Hai Chuyen, explained that the high poverty relapse rate is partially due to the annually changing poverty threshold, natural disasters and diseases.
Deputy Minister of Construction, Nguyen Tran Nam, suggested financial support for people in the central region to build flood resistant houses as well as providing loans for starting a businesses by means of preferential loans at annual interest rates of 3%, with terms of 5-10 years.
According to Deputy Minister, Nguyen Tran Nam, poverty reduction policies should be expanded to households that live near the poverty line and those who have just escaped from poverty.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
