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WORLD BANK
VIETNAM LAUNCHES IN ADVANCE THE VIETNAMESE VERSION OF THE WORLD
DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2004
“Making
Services Works for the Poor”
HANOI, September 18, 2003 – For
the first time, The World Bank in Vietnam is launching the
Vietnamese-language version of one of its major publications, the
World Development Report at the same time as the original English
version.
“We are very proud to bring the local
language version of the report to the Vietnamese people today,”
says Country Director Klaus Rohland. “This will enable
Vietnamese decision-makers and the public to participate in the
global debate on development issues from day one.”
"This special launching reflects the
importance we attach to the exchange of information within Vietnam
as the country continues integrating into the world economy and
becomes a member of the World Trade Organization.”
Mr. Rohland said that “the
publication of the report in Vietnamese language this year is a
strong proof of Vietnam’s growing capabilities in general and
especially in the use of knowledge , which will be playing a greater
role in the country’s development process. It also emphasizes the
need to stimulate wider public participation in debating the
development issues and challenges facing the country.”
The World Development Report 2004,
which will be officially launched in Dubai on September 21st,
2003, says that too often, services fail poor people—in access, in
quality, and in affordability. This could make it difficult to
achieve a set of development targets known as the Millennium
Development Goals, which call for a halving of global f poverty, and
improvements in human development by 2015. A few countries have
“localized” these global targets to their own circumstances, as is
the case with the Vietnam Development Goals.
The report argues that services can be
improved by enabling the poor to monitor and discipline service
providers, by giving them a greater say in policymaking, and by
strengthening the incentives for providers to serve the poor. It
also says that while there are frequent problems with public
services, it would be wrong to conclude that government should give
up and leave everything to the private sector. If individuals are
left to their own devices, they will not provide levels of education
and health that they collectively want.
The report concludes that no one size of
solution fits all. The type of service delivery mechanism needs to
be tailored to characteristics of the service and circumstances of
the country.
“Findings from this report are very
timely, as Vietnam is currently updating its assessment of the
poverty situation, thanks for the availability of a new
comprehensive household survey produced by the General Statistic
Office, and a series on participatory poverty assessments,
supported by international donors,” says Martin Rama, World
Bank Vietnam’s Chief Economist.
A press release from The
World Bank’s headquarters in Washington D.C. with substantial
information on the World Development Report 2004 is attached for
your reference.
Download "The world development
report 2004" in Vietnamese:
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Foreword and table of contents
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PDF 137Kb)
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Chapter 1 to 3 (
PDF 930Kb)
- Chaper
4 to 7 (
PDF 1046Kb)
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Chapter 8 to 11 (
PDF 1Mb)
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Notes 1 (
PDF 264Kb)
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Notes 2 (
PDF 173Kb)
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Appendixes (
PDF 134Kb)
For more information about the World
Bank’s activities in Vietnam, please visit our Website at
http://www.worldbank.org.vn
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