Title: Child Poverty Indices in Vietnam: a new policy tool
1Child Poverty Indices in Vietnam a new policy
tool
- Keetie Roelen, Franziska Gassmann and Chris de
Neubourg, 27 June 2007
2Development of a child poverty approach for
Vietnam
- Research project for Unicef Vietnam, in
collaboration with the Ministry of Labour,
Invalids and Social Affairs (Molisa) - First part of project completed in December 2006,
extension of project takes place from July 2007
June 2008 - to develop a practical child poverty measurement
tool.
3Why do we want to measure child poverty?
- Children are more vulnerable to poverty
- Poor children become poor adults
- Children have different basic needs than adults
- if you cant measure it, you cant manage it.
4Why do Unicef Vietnam and Molisa want to measure
child poverty?
- Two main purposes
- Advocacy putting the issue on the agenda
- Policy information feeding into the policy
process
5What did we learn from existing child poverty
approaches?
- Approaches range from income- or consumption
based to multi-dimensional focus - Approaches range in using single indicator output
products to all-compassing analyses - Approaches are built up around the same
structure - - overall concept and rationale
- - dimensions
- - indicators
- - end products
6(Child) poverty as understood in Vietnam
- Monetary concept
- Poor children represent one of nine categories of
Children under Special Circumstances - Input based rather than outcome based.
7Concept of child poverty approach
- Multi-dimensional
- Outcome based
- Based on the Conventions of the Rights of the
Child (CRC) and the basic needs approach - Incorporates children up to 16 years of age.
8Theoretical framework (1) choice of domains
- Use of various selection methods
- Assumptions and expert opinion
- 2) Public consensus
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- 3) Participatory processes
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- 4) Assessment of data availability.
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9Theoretical framework (2) choice of domains
- 8 domains
- Education
- Nutrition
- Health
- Shelter
- Water and sanitation
- Labor
- Leisure
- Social inclusion and protection.
10Theoretical framework (3) selection of
indicators
- Selection criteria
- Child-specific
- Easily observable and measurable
- Easily interpretable
- Objective
- Decomposable.
11Theoretical framework (4) selection of
indicators
- Illustrations of the selection process
- access to education indicator on travel distance
or travel time to school? - having private space indicator on m2 per
household member of having own room/bed? - dental hygiene indicator on number of visits to
dentist or use of toothbrush?
12Recommendations for end products/presentation of
output
- Advocacy purpose
- Child poverty rate
- Policy input purpose
- Child indicator matrix
- Child domain indices
- Child poverty index
13What distinguishes this approach from other child
poverty approaches?
- Approach is country-specific
- Approach has a positive outlook
- Approach is child-specific
- Approach is versatile.
14Next steps
- Applying the theoretical framework to the data
- use of VHLSS 2004 and MICS 2006
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15Child Poverty Indices in Vietnam a new policy
tool
- Keetie Roelen, Franziska Gassmann and Chris de
Neubourg, 27 June 2007 - keetie.roelen_at_governance.unimaas.nl
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