Decision No. 59/2015/QD-TTg issues multidimensional poverty standards applicable for the period 2016-2020, stipulating criteria regarding income and the level of deficiency in basic social services to determine poor households and near-poor households. This Decision takes effect from January 5, 2016.
적용 범위
Localities, ministries, sectors, provincial People's Committees under the central government, and people throughout the country.
핵심 사항
- Rural area: The poverty standard is VND 700,000/person/month, the near-poverty standard is VND 1,000,000/person/month; Urban area: The poverty standard is VND 900,000/person/month, the near-poverty standard is VND 1,300,000/person/month.
- A rural poor household has an income of VND 700,000 or less, or between VND 700,000 and VND 1,000,000, and lacks three or more basic social service indicators; Urban area: An income of VND 900,000 or less, or between VND 900,000 and VND 1,300,000, and lacks three or more basic social service indicators.
- A rural near-poor household has an income between VND 700,000 and VND 1,000,000 and lacks fewer than three basic social service indicators; Urban area: An income between VND 900,000 and VND 1,300,000 and lacks fewer than three basic social service indicators.
- A rural household with a moderate living standard has an income between VND 1,000,000 and VND 1,500,000; Urban area: An income between VND 1,300,000 and VND 1,950,000.
- Ministries, sectors, and provincial People's Committees are responsible for developing plans, methods, and tools to organize surveys, identify beneficiaries of policies; compile and report the proportion of poor and near-poor households; establish databases to manage beneficiaries.
🌐 이 문서의 사회적 영향
- Positive impact: Improving access to basic social services for the population, reducing multidimensional poverty.
- Negative impact: Increased costs of implementing policies due to investment in building and updating measurement indicators.
- Who can benefit from this decision? Poor and near-poor households, as well as state management agencies in determining support policies.
❓ 자주 묻는 질문
How are the poverty and near-poverty standards defined?
The rural poverty standard is VND 700,000/person/month, the near-poverty standard is VND 1,000,000/person/month; Urban area: The poverty standard is VND 900,000/person/month, the near-poverty standard is VND 1,300,000/person/month.
What is considered a poor household?
A rural poor household has an income of VND 700,000 or less, or between VND 700,000 and VND 1,000,000, and lacks three or more basic social service indicators; Urban area: An income of VND 900,000 or less, or between VND 900,000 and VND 1,300,000, and lacks three or more basic social service indicators.
What is considered a near-poor household?
A rural near-poor household has an income between VND 700,000 and VND 1,000,000 and lacks fewer than three basic social service indicators; Urban area: An income between VND 900,000 and VND 1,300,000 and lacks fewer than three basic social service indicators.
What is considered a household with a moderate living standard?
A rural household with a moderate living standard has an income between VND 1,000,000 and VND 1,500,000; Urban area: An income between VND 1,300,000 and VND 1,950,000.
What responsibilities do ministries and sectors have?
Ministries and sectors are responsible for developing plans, methods, and tools to organize surveys, identify beneficiaries of policies; compile and report the proportion of poor and near-poor households; establish databases to manage beneficiaries.
전문
Pursuant to …;
Regarding the issuance of multidimensional poverty standards applicable for the period 2016 – 2020
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Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 55/NQ-UBTVQH10 dated August 30, 1998 of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the issuance of the Regulations on the Implementation of Democracy in the Activities of Agencies;policiesu pursuant to Law 65/2020/QH14 and Law regulations issued pursuant to Decision 71/2022/QH15No. 76/2014/QH13 June 24, 2014, National Assembly resolution on accelerating the implementation of poverty reduction goalsonPursuant to Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008 of the Government on the Program for Rapid and Sustainable Poverty Reduction for Impoverished Districts;
Implementing the Government's assigned tasks"b) In addition to the lists of public services issued according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 4 of this Decree, specialized agencies under provincial People's Committees shall report to the provincial People's Committee for decision-making on amending, supplementing, or issuing the list of public services funded by the state budget within their jurisdiction and consistent with the local budget capacity within the approved budget by the Provincial People's Assembly, and send it to the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and sectors for supervision during implementation."nhủ tịch Government based on ResolutionTHE79/NQ-CP dated November 4, 2015 at the 10th session of the Government in 2015;No. 79/NQ-CP dated November 4, 2015, the Government’s meeting session in October 2015;Schoolregular sessionJune 2024;in October 2015;
At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs,
THEDeputy ministers of ministerial-level agencies, The Prime Minister issues multidimensional poverty standards June 2024;plicable for the period 2016 - 2020.
Article 1. Multidimensional poverty measurement criteria applicable for the period 2016-2020
1. Income criteria
a) Poverty standard: VND 700,000/person/month in rural areas and VND 900,000/person/month in urban areas.
b) Near-poverty standard: VND 1,000,000/person/month in rural areas and VND 1,300,000/person/month in urban areas.
2. Criteria for the degree of lack of access to basic social services
a) Basic social services (05 services): healthcare; education; housing; clean water and sanitation; information;
b) Indicators measuring the degree of lack of access to basic social services (10 indicators): access to healthcare services; health insurance coverage; adult educational level; children’s school attendance status; housing quality; average housing area per person; source of drinking water; latrine/toilet with proper sanitation; use of telecommunications services; assets serving information access.
Article 2. Poverty, near-poverty, and middle-income household standards applicable for the period 2016-2020
1. Poor households
a) Rural areas: Households meeting one of the following two criteria:
- Average monthly income per capita from VND 700,000 or less;
- Average monthly income per capita above VND 700,000 up to VND 1,000,000 and lacking three or more indicators measuring the degree of lack of access to basic social services.
b) Urban areas: Households meeting one of the following two criteria:
- Average monthly income per capita from VND 900,000 or less;
- Average monthly income per capita above VND 900,000 up to VND 1,300,000 and lacking three or more indicators measuring the degree of lack of access to basic social services.
2. Near-poor households
a) Rural areas: Households with average monthly income per capita above VND 700,000 up to VND 1,000,000 and lacking fewer than three indicators measuring the degree of lack of access to basic social services.
b) Urban areas: Households with average monthly income per capita above VND 900,000 up to VND 1,300,000 and lacking fewer than three indicators measuring the degree of lack of access to basic social services.
3. Middle-income households
a) Rural areas: Households with average monthly income per capita above VND 1,000,000 up to VND 1,500,000.
b) Urban areas: Households with average monthly income per capita above VND 1,300,000 up to VND 1,950,000.
Article 3. Implementation Organization
1. The poverty standards stipulated in Article 2 of this Decision serve as the basis for measuring and monitoring the extent of income deficiency and access to basic social services of the population; they form the foundation for identifying beneficiaries of poverty reduction and social security policies; planning other economic and social policies during the period 2016-2020.
2. Responsibilities of Ministries and sectors
a) Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs
- Develop plans, methods, and tools to guide localities in organizing surveys to identify beneficiaries at the beginning, mid-term, and end of the period (every two years);
- Aggregate and report to the National Assembly and the Government the proportion of multidimensionally poor and near-poor households at the beginning, mid-term, and end of the period nationwide and in provinces and cities;
- Establish a database to manage multidimensionally poor and near-poor households nationwide during the period 2016-2020.
b) Ministry of Planning and Investment
- Supplement the system for collecting data on multiple dimensions and multidimensional poverty indices in household living standards surveys to serve the monitoring and evaluation of national and local multidimensional poverty conditions;
- Based on annual household living standards survey results, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (General Statistics Office) will publish the overall poverty rate (updated with Consumer Price Index - CPI), the proportion of households lacking access to basic social services, and the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), serving as a basis for guiding regional economic development policies, sectoral policies, poverty reduction policies, and social security policies;
- Study and supplement multidimensional poverty measurement indicators into the household living standards survey index set to better reflect various aspects of poverty, especially those reflecting outcomes and impacts.
c) Ministry of Finance
Take the lead in coordinating with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to balance budget resources to implement poverty reduction and social security policies when transitioning to a multidimensional poverty measurement approach.
d) Ministry of Health
- Study and implement solutions to enhance people's access to healthcare services, increase health insurance coverage, and improve healthcare service quality;
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and update healthcare service access measurement indicators.
đ) Ministry of Education and Training
- Study and implement solutions to increase the enrollment rate of children of appropriate age according to each grade, reduce dropout rates, and increase adult literacy rates;
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and update education service access measurement indicators.
e) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Study and implement solutions to increase the percentage of people using clean water and sanitary toilets in rural areas;
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and update measurement indicators for access to sanitation and clean water services in rural areas.
g) Ministry of Construction
- Study and implement solutions to ensure that poor and near-poor households have housing, increasing the percentage of people with adequate and quality housing;
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and update housing service access measurement indicators.
h) Ministry of Information and Communications
- Study and implement solutions to strengthen people's access to information;
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to study and update information access measurement indicators.
i) Committee for Ethnic Minorities coordinate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and relevant ministries to develop sustainable poverty reduction solutions suitable for ethnic minority groups.
k) Relevant ministries and sectors: based on the national and local levels of lack of access to basic social services, propose to the Government,
3. People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities
a) Promote propaganda to raise awareness at all levels, sectors, and among the people about the purpose and significance of transitioning the poverty reduction approach from unidimensional to multidimensional;
b) Direct the investigation to identify and classify annual beneficiaries of poverty reduction policies;
c) Direct the construction of a database to manage poor and near-poor households in the period of 2016-2020 within their jurisdiction;
d) Study and implement solutions to enhance the ability of residents to access basic social services within their jurisdiction;
đ) Based on the actual conditions and capabilities of the locality, provinces and centrally governed cities may supplement dimensions/indices of lack, adjust thresholds for measuring indices of lack, fully apply the multidimensional measurement method, increase the income poverty standard higher than the national standard, provided that the local budget is self-balanced according to the provisions of the law to support policies for poor and near-poor individuals within their jurisdiction due to adjustments and increases in standards.
Article 4. Effective date
1. This Decision takes effect from January 5, 2016. The contents stipulated in Article 1 and Article 2 of this Decision shall be implemented from January 1, 2016.
2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of agencies under the Government, Chairpersons of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities are responsible for enforcing this Decision.
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