 Over the past decade Vietnam has made spectacular progress in GDP growth and poverty reduction. Annual per capita growth has averaged 5.9 percent, the eighth highest in the world over the decade. Since 1990, poverty measured at the US$1 a day threshold, has fallen from 51 percent of the population to just 8 percent.
A critical part of this success has been a high level of investment in infrastructure. Around 9-10 percent of GDP has been invested in transport, telecommunications, energy, water, and sanitation in recent years, a very high level of infrastructure investment by international standards. Microeconomic studies provide evidence of a strong link between this infrastructure investment and Vietnam's growth and poverty reduction. This report deals with cross-sectoral issues that are common to all infrastructure sectors, and provides an overview of recent achievements and emerging challenges. It proposes a framework under which Vietnam can better evaluate which investments to undertake, and how to finance them, how to improve the performance of infrastructure services, and how to target infrastructure interventions to the needs of the poor.   Download Full Report (2.4mb pdf)
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