Assessing Fiscal Implication of the Recent Changes in Poverty Lines and Revision of Allocation Norms of Capital Expenditures and Resources for Targeted Programs
There have been important changes in thebudgeting process in Vietnam since 2006 when the governmentof Vietnam instituted a revolutionary reform in themanagement and allocation of the state budget. For theperiod of 2007-2010, the norms include ethnic minoritypopulation data, and poverty rates. The purpose of thisresearch assignment is to describe the evolution ofbudgeting mechanisms in recent years, in association withcapital expenditure transferred from central to provincialbudgets. This report focuses on changes in the budgetingprocess and allocation norms. It is also assesses whetherthese recent changes are pro-poor, and how they would affectavailability of resources for the national targeted programs.