Poverty reduction in Vietnam is “well begun, not yet done”. Poverty among the majority Kinh population has been dramatically reduced. The remaining pockets of poverty, particularly among ethnic minorities, are more difficult to address. The Pro-poor Policy Monitoring and Analysis responds to the government’s call for better analysis and policy recommendations for pro-poor and socially inclusive policies, and it helps SDC to strengthen its poverty-reduction focus and policy dialogue on ethnic minorities. OXFAM is the implementing partner for this one-time support for a two-year period.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner International or foreign NGO OXFAM GB
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    360’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    338’447
Project phases	Phase 1 01.01.2014 - 30.09.2016   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Legal and judicial development Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
  Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F08969