Michael Epprecht|Daniel Müller|Nicholas Minot
How remote are Vietnam’s ethnic minorities? An analysis of spatial patterns of poverty and inequality
University of Bern|Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies|International Food Policy Research Institute
paper investigates whether physical accessibility ethnicity stronger determinant poverty vietnam spatially disaggregated welfare indexes population subgroups show overall inequality shaped urbanrural welfare divide closely followed importance sharp welfare differences ethnic groups accessibility urban areas weaker determinant poverty findings important implications targeting rural development investments addressing factors isolating ethnic minorities mainstream economy likely useful strategy reducing rural poverty inequality simple geographic targeting