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 the
budgeting process in Vietnam since 2006 when the government
of Vietnam instituted a revolutionary reform in the
management and allocation of the state budget. For the
period of 2007-2010, the norms include ethnic minority
population data, and poverty rates. The purpose of this
research assignment is to describe the evolution of
budgeting mechanisms in recent years, in association with
capital expenditure transferred from central to provincial
budgets. This report focuses on changes in the budgeting
process and allocation norms. It is also assesses whether
these recent changes are pro-poor, and how they would affect
availability of resources for the national targeted programs.