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Fiscal space for social protection policies in Viet Nam

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Castel, P.*
Department for International Development, Hanoi
2010
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Summary (English)

This paper evaluates the fiscal implications of Viet Nam's current social protection strategy. It also gives estimates of the cost of policies that would rapidly increase the coverage of social insurance so that, intime of recession, the social protection sector is efficient in reducing poor and ordinary workers' vulnerability to income shocks.

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* Consultant for the Department for International Development, Hanoi

Report 4508 Viet Nam social protection policy , financing , statistics
30.09.2011