Capability Poverty in Vietnam

Abstract

Estimates of income poverty in Vietnam vary widely, as indicated in Chapters 3 and 5 of this volume. In Vietnam as in many countries, different studies produce significantly different results. The fundamental reason is that the choice of a poverty line based on income or expenditure is necessarily arbitrary. Concepts of income poverty differ, but even the same concept of poverty can be translated into very different empirical estimates depending on the statistical methods used.