NDO- Representatives of Ho Chi Minh City authorities, the central government and the National Assembly gathered at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16 to discuss plans to implement the Multi-dimensional Poverty (MDP) and useful lessons for the National MDP process.
The seminar on Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Ho Chi Minh City was jointly hosted by the City’s Steering Committee for Poverty Reduction and Improved Household Livelihoods, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative.
The seminar focused on results of research on MDP specification, the uses of MDP and data collection models. Nguyen Xe, on behalf of the Steering Committee, presented the plans for use and implementation of the MDP in the city. Documents shared at the seminar included a summary of MDP results, policy papers and the Urban Poverty Survey of 2013.
“Multidimensional poverty approaches have achieved global traction by providing a robust alternative and complement to income-based measures,” said UNDP Deputy Country Director Bakhodir Burkhanov at the seminar.
“They are particularly applicable in Middle Income Countries like Vietnam and in such urban context as Ho Chi Minh City, where poverty is more complex and defined by a number of interelated deprivations.”
Burkhanov praised Ho Chi Minh City’s use of pioneering multi-dimensional poverty reduction efforts. “There are enormous opportunities for the city’s work to further inform the national process, and to provide a template for replication elsewhere in Vietnam,” he said.
With UN support, Vietnam is among 32 countries in the world to pioneer the research and application of multi-dimensional poverty reduction measures, helping Vietmam to better understand the root causes of poverty, and design better-targeted policies and programmes.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
