Assessing Multidimensional Poverty Based on the Sustainable Livelihood Framework: A Case Study of Hang Kia and Pa Co Communes, Mai Chau District, Hoa Binh Province
Dang Huu Lieu
(JOURNAL OF SCIENCE OF HNUE, Social Sci., 2016, Vol. 61, No. 10, pp. 155-163
DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2016-0098)
Abstract: Vietnamese government is officially applying standards of multidimensional poverty as a basis for poverty assessment during the period 2016-2020, overcoming limitations of income poverty’s assessing methods. However, to the authors’ point of view, its selected indicators have not yet reflected the comprehensive aspects of life, while multidimensional poverty assessment (driven from OPHI) based on sustainable livelihood framework (of DFID) is considered as a better method. This research is conducted in Hang Kia and Pa Co, the mountainous communes of Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province, by using the later methods. Total 13 indicators under 5 livelihood sources were selected. As the results, the rates of multidimensional poverty in these two communes were shown by the insufficiency in each indicator, by communes and by kinds of poverty households. This result can be used for better decision- making on poverty reduction.
Keywords: Multidimensional poverty, sustainable livelihood, Hang Kia, Pa Co