ASIAN JOURNAL FOR POVERTY STUDIES (AJPS)
Vol 3, No 1 (2017)

THE DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY IN THE MEKONG RIVER DELTA KEY ECONOMIC ZONE IN VIETNAM

Ngoc, Le Thanh (Unknown)
Diem, Pham Thi Thuy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Aug 2017

Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of poverty in Mekong River Delta Key Economic Zone in Vietnam for a sample of 604 households in Can Tho province, An Giang province, KienGiang province and Ca Mau province in 2012. Explanatory variables include demographic, nature, region, finance and physical. Using Binary Logistics regression, results show the complexity of the issues, wherein the financial variable has been the most important influence of poverty in this area.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ajps

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Asian Journal for Poverty Studies (AJPS) is the official publication of Regional Network on Poverty Eradication (RENPER) and serves as media for promoting innovative theoretical and empirical research on poverty alleviation. AJPS is a peer reviewed international journal publishing research articles ...