Impacts of Vietnam’s new rural development policy on rural households’ income: empirical evidence from the Heckman selection model

Hung, Manh; Park, Sang Chul

doi:10.1080/12294659.2019.1662165

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“…While Do et al ( 2019 ) did not find a significant effect of household head’s age and PSO memberships in the case of Cambodian farmers, our results reveal that these variables significantly influence household’s decision to engage in non-farm activities in Vietnam. The reason is that PSOs play a more important role in Vietnam (especially in rural villages) than in other developing countries because the nation has a strong hierarchical structure of its political and administrative system (Do & Park, 2019 ). With regard to asset variables, total land area and asset value per capita show neither a significant influence on household’s decision to join non-farm employment nor on non-farm income.…”

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Non-farm employment, natural resource extraction, and poverty: evidence from household data for rural Vietnam

Hung

Nguyen

Halkos

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Environ Dev Sustain

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Natural resources are important in sustaining the livelihoods of rural households and the environment. However, over-exploitation is causing an alarming depletion of natural resources in many developing countries. At the same time, rapid economic growth has created non-farm employment opportunities for local people. In this context, examining the interrelationship between non-farm employment and natural resource extraction provides useful information for reducing resource extraction and improving rural households’ welfare. In this study, we use a dataset of 1780 identical households from three survey waves undertaken in 2010, 2013, and 2016 in Vietnam to (i) identify the determinants of rural households’ participation in non-farm activities, (ii) examine the interrelationship between non-farm employment and natural resource extraction, and (iii) investigate the impact of non-farm employment on rural households’ welfare. The findings from pooled sample estimations reveal that (i) cable internet at home and rural road quality positively affect households’ decisions to participate in non-farm employment; (ii) non-farm income and income from natural resource extraction have a negative association; and (iii) non-farm income significantly contributes to poverty reduction in both relative and absolute terms. Our findings suggest that improved provision of non-farm opportunities and increased investment in infrastructure and telecommunication are needed to improve rural households’ welfare and consequently reduce their natural resource exploitation.

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“…technical training) and infrastructure (e.g. better roads) can positively affect rural household income (Do & Park, 2019 ; Hoang, 2020 ). Hence, investments in rural regions need to be stimulated to provide rural non-farm opportunities.…”

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Non-farm employment, natural resource extraction, and poverty: evidence from household data for rural Vietnam

Hung

Nguyen

Halkos

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Environ Dev Sustain

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“…With regard to the economic characteristics of the four surveyed countries, Thailand is the most developed one and is categorized as an upper-middle income country, while Vietnam is a lower-middle income country, and Laos and Cambodia are in the group of the least developed countries (United Nations, 2015). In addition, these countries are commonly characterized by a majority of people living in rural areas and by high dependence on agriculture and natural resources (Birthal et al, 2019;Do & Park, 2019;Zhai & Zhuang, 2009). The shares of the workforce in the agricultural sector in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam are approximately 40%, 70%, 30%, and 40%, respectively (Birthal et al, 2019).…”

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Shocks, agricultural productivity, and natural resource extraction in rural Southeast Asia

Nguyen

Hung

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World Development

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“…As a result, a clear trend of urbanization has been observed in these countries since the share of people living in rural areas is declining significantly (World Bank, 2021b). On the other hand, this trend increases the inequality and gap between rural and urban areas in terms of income, consumption and living conditions (Do and Park, 2019;Hoang, 2020;Obermann et al, 2020). This situation could even be worsened through exposure to various exogenous shocks with severe economic impacts, especially in Southeast Asia (Nguyen and Nguyen, 2020;Nguyen et al, 2020aNguyen et al, , 2020b.…”

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Local infrastructure, rural households' resilience capacity and poverty: evidence from panel data for Southeast Asia

Hartwig

Nguyen

2022

JED

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PurposeThe authors examine the association between infrastructure and a household's resilience capacity against shocks and the impacts of a household's resilience capacity on household consumption and poverty.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use panel data (collected in 2010, 2013 and 2016) from 1,698 households in Thailand and 1,701 households in Vietnam and employ an instrumental variable approach.FindingsThe authors find that transportation and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure help improve households' absorptive capacity in coping with shocks. Furthermore, this capacity can prevent households from reducing consumption and falling into poverty.Practical implicationsRural development policies should attend to transportation and ICT infrastructure.Originality/valueThe authors establish empirical evidence on the association between infrastructure and a household's resilience capacity and the impact of resilience capacity on poverty.

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Impacts of Vietnam’s new rural development policy on rural households’ income: empirical evidence from the Heckman selection model

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Non-farm employment, natural resource extraction, and poverty: evidence from household data for rural Vietnam

Non-farm employment, natural resource extraction, and poverty: evidence from household data for rural Vietnam

Shocks, agricultural productivity, and natural resource extraction in rural Southeast Asia

Local infrastructure, rural households' resilience capacity and poverty: evidence from panel data for Southeast Asia

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