majorchallengesforeconomicgrowthandpovertyreduction：主要的挑战，经济增长和减少贫困.doc

major challenges for economic growth and poverty reduction in the Mekong river delta Nguy?n V¨n Thμnh PhD Ph1m La Ph-?ng PhD Th?i B?i H?i An M.A hμ néi september 2005 table of content Content Page A Introduction 3 I Purpose of the study 3 II Subjects and scope of the study 3 III Method of the study 3 B Content of the study 4 I Some regional common features 4 II Main features of poverty situation in the MRD 4 III Implementation results of the economic growth and poverty reduction policy (strategy) in the MRD 7 1 Implementation results of policies (strategies) on economic growth 7 2 Implementation results of poverty reduction policy 10 IV Challenges in economic growth and poverty reduction in the Mekong River delta 13 1 Challenges in economic growth 14 2 Challenges in poverty reduction 16 3 Challenges in the capacity of local workers doing poverty reduction activities 19 V Recommendations for more effective economic growth and poverty reduction in the Mekong River Delta 20 1 Recommendations concerning orientation and development 20 2 Recommendations on solutions to poverty reduction 21 VI Conclusion 23 Annex 24 National strategies and policies affecting growth and poverty reduction in the 24 MRD Figure 1: Relations between GDP per capita and poverty reduction in the MRD in 2002 25 Table 6: Poverty rate in areas of Vietnam 26 Table 7: Assessment on Vietnams Development Goals (VDGs) achievement in the MRD compared with the whole country 27 Main references 29 A. Introduction I. Purpose of the study - Clarify the situation and identify main challenges in economic growth and poverty reduction in the Mekong