Credit and Ethnic Consumption Inequality in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Nguyen, Thanh‐Tung; Nguyen, Trung Thành; Grote, Ulrike

doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02202-z

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“… f Anonymous (2002), Ba et al (2002), Cramb et al (2004), Giang et al (2014), Meyfroidt et al (2013), Taylor (2007, 2008, 2014), Thulstrup (2015), USAID (2008) and Wells‐Dang (2012); Nguyen, Nguyen, and Grote (2020). …”

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“…At the same time, the government created new economic zones, 6 state farms and agricultural cooperatives in highlands and sponsored the migration of Kinh there. There was also informal migration of Kinh attracted by the possibility of profitable cash cropping of coffee, rubber, cashew, pepper and cacao for international markets (Nguyen, Nguyen, & Grote, 2020;USAID, 2008). This resulted in population increase in these areas of around 300% between 1960 and 1984 (Friederichsen & Neef, 2010;Hardy, 2003).…”

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Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Hiwasaki

Minh

2022

J of Intl Development

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Existing studies on socio-economic differentiation in Vietnam focus on the inequality between the ethnic majority and minorities while neglecting the disparities among ethnic minorities. Using a framework to analyse marginalisation at different scales, we identified through an extensive literature review the diverse ways in which ethnic groups develop strategies to transform or maintain their marginality. These strategies depend on, at the same time influence, inequalities that manifest in processes of social differentiations and power relations. Elucidating these processes of inequalities enables us to promote livelihood opportunities that support the diverse development pathways of different ethnic groups, thus increasing the relevance of development interventions.

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Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Hiwasaki

Minh

2022

J of Intl Development

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“…When agricultural credit is fully used according to the intended purpose it becomes an integral part of the process which modernizes and commercializes the rural economy [31]. The rural households have been characterized with a traditional practice of consuming more of informal credit [especially form family and friends] to formal credit [54]. This may be attributed to ease of accessibility, lack of strict rules and flexibility in changing the initial intended purpose of the loan.…”

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Socio-economic Factors Affecting Uptake of Banana Value Addition among Smallholders in Chuka Sub-county, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya

Muigai

Gathungu

Thogori

2021

AJAEES

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Banana farmers in most parts of Kenya have not embraced value addition despite its accrued economic benefits and emphasis by stakeholders. A study was done in Chuka Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County to identify the socio-economic factors affecting uptake of banana value addition by farmers. The study was based on the diffusion of innovations theory to establish the relationship between farming experience, group membership, access to credit and uptake of banana value addition. The study adopted a descriptive research design whereby frequency tables were generated whilst both qualitative and quantitative data was collected. The target population was 20,180 banana farming households in Chuka Sub-County and 3 key informants. Purposive sampling, Random sampling and snowballing techniques were used to select the 156 banana farmers. A pilot study of 24 (15% of sample size) households was done in Imenti South and the questionnaire was found to be reliable (Cronbach alpha value, α˂0.785). With a 90% questionnaire return rate, the data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and presented using frequency tables. Binary logistic regression was used to test the levels of significance of variables and the model through the Hosmer & Lemeshow test of the goodness of fit suggested that the it was good for fit to the data as p=0.480 (>0.05) while ANOVA analyses were used to check the presence of multicollinearity. It was observed that only 31.9% of farmers uptake banana value addition and there were no banana value addition technologies identified with 35.6% and 64.4% of those who uptake doing banana ripening for sale and bulk packaging respectively. The results [P=0.05] showed that group membership [p=0.019] and access to credit [p=0.004] had a positive and significant effect on the uptake of banana value addition by farmers at varying levels. It was observed that farming experience had a positive effect on the uptake, but was statistically insignificant. The study recommended that; farmers should be encouraged to form cooperatives on value addition and the government and other stakeholders in conjunction with financial institutions need to streamline policies to enhance farmer’s access credit for effective farming among others.

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“…Over the years, concerns regarding inequality have increased due to research uncovering its associations with unsustainable economic development for many countries (Nguyen et al, 2020). Studies have shown that economic progress can be eroded by the effects of inequality (Nguyen et al, 2020). High levels of inequality have been attributed to reductions in innovation and productivity within countries; lessening efforts made to eliminate poverty making societies more unstable and harder to manage (Corak, 2013).…”

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The Impact of Access to Credit on Welfare Inequality in Malawi

Makuluni

Dunga

2022

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Oeconomica

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This study evaluates the implications that access to credit has on welfare inequality in Malawi in order to address the gap left in previous studies concerning credit. The study employed data from Malawi’s Integrated Household Survey 2017 and used the propensity score analysis to examine what impact access to credit may have on the welfare of Malawian households using consumption per capita as a proxy for household welfare. The study further proceeded to use the generalized Lorenz curve, the Theil indexes as well as the Gini to examine the inequalities present in welfare among the households that access credit and those that do not. The results showed a positive impact of access to credit on welfare as households with access to credit experience lower levels of inequality than those without. However, a closer examination of the Theil’s indexes found that factors unrelated to access to credit had a stronger effect on inter-household inequalities than access to credit. The results imply that the impact that access to credit has on welfare inequality is a positive one, but its effect is substantially small. Thus, implying that policies aimed at enhancing distribution of credit should continue. Simultaneously, a more holistic approach on reducing inequality should be included at both household level and national level to achieve a desired result.

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Credit and Ethnic Consumption Inequality in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

Cited by 13 publications

References 65 publications

Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Negotiating marginality: Towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Socio-economic Factors Affecting Uptake of Banana Value Addition among Smallholders in Chuka Sub-county, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya

The Impact of Access to Credit on Welfare Inequality in Malawi

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