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by Minh Le 7 years ago

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Occupational Shifts, Poverty and Productivity in Mekong Delta

The text explores various dimensions of poverty, particularly focusing on the Mekong Delta region. It discusses key theories and models that help understand economic behaviors and issues faced by the poor, such as the Deaton Paradox and the concept of selling labor at low wages.

Occupational Shifts, Poverty and Productivity in Mekong Delta

Question: The effects of poverty on Occupational choices of poor people?

Purpose: exploring the microeconomics of occupational choices among poor people. We can learn the decision making behaviors of the poor and intervene effectively for poverty alleviation/

Natural when we think of poverty, we think of nearly humanitarian crisis where hunger and famine as well as conflict exist. However, that is not the entire story to poverty alleviation. There needs to be some schemes and better knowledge on how to provide poor people the capacity to fight back with uncertainty. As a result of this demands, study of human capital acquisition is importance. One of the most relevant human decision in this realm is the decision to shift occupations.
The process of poverty alleviation, which is the initial stage of development is a two-fold process. The goal of the process is to provide poor peope, now identified as people whose income is less than 1.25 dollars - an unacceptable income rate for survival, the materials so that they can escape their situations.

Occupational Choices and Poverty - Analysis

Study of Current Interventions for Occupational Choices

Giving out free saving accounts
Microfinance`s evaluations

Why Poverty hinders occupational choices

Low Return Business "Trap"
Saving Constraints
Risk in low-income household production produces poverty traps and discourage savings

Occupational Choices and Poverty in Mekong Delta - Introduction

Defining Occupational Shifts

Occupational shift is a decision. For example, people decide to form a business, and so on

The importance of Human Capital

Poverty in Vietnam and Mekong Delta

Basic Steps in Poverty Reduction

Legend

Theory, Model, And Experiments

The Deaton Paradox

Modeling The S-Shaped Curve

Data related to Mekong Delta

CURRENTLY LACKING DATABASE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SHIFT

Occupational Shifts, Poverty and Productivity in Mekong Delta

Task List:
1. Lam Mindmap
2. Tim Data Mekong Delta
3. Tim hieu tat ca Models
4. Lam Empirical Strategy, Data, Measurement

5/ How to enable Occupational Shifts?

2/ Analyze the provision of Stable Jobs
Supply Side
Demand Side
1/ The Evaluation of Microfinancial Institutions
In Mekong Delta - Suggest that some MFIs' performance in Mekong Delta
"The Miracle of Microfinance?" - By Duflo, E.

3/Background: Agriculture Risk Problems

Modeling Poverty Trap
The Problem of Selling Labor Low
"Selling Labor Low" by Jayachandran

Finding Agricultural Wages in Mekong Delta


Income Volatility, Consumption and The Poor
Income Volatility of Agriculture in Vietnam

The Dealton Paradox

1/Introduction/

Why Dealing with Productivity Side of Poor People
Structure of Occupation in Mekong Delta
Poverty and Agriculture in Mekong Delta
DEFINITIONS
SOCIAL WORK
SOCIAL POVERTY
SOCIAL MOBILITY AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
PRIMARY OR SECONDARY POVERTY

6/ Empirical Test Strategies

QUESTIONS:
DOES HAVING AN INCOME LOWER THAN 1.25 USD A DAY BARRED THE POOR FROM MOVING OUT OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE

3/ EVIDENCE STRATEGY
2/ MEASUREMENTS OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS
1/ DATABASE

4/ Literature Review: Current Development in Occupational shifts

2/ The Entrepreneurship Trap
Modeling The S-Shaped Curve "THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAP"

Compare with successful business models learnt in APM college

Data in Mekong Delta - Suggest the Household Business in Mekong Delta's size, investment, and business strategies, technology
1/ Credit Constraints, Saving, and Informal Financial Institutions
Data in Mekong Delta - Suggest that the poor are less likely to have access to savings, and credits in Mekong Delta
Model of Lending to the Poor
The Simple of Problem of Savings of Fruit vendors in India

2/Topic Questions

Discuss the Needs for Formal Established Business to give people stable jobs

SHOULD WE ADD DEFINITIONS OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL BUSINESS ?

Data: The lack of number of people involved in formal employed business.
How do we enable Occupational shifts in Mekong Delta even among extremely poor people?
Does Occupational Shifts affects Poverty Reduction?
Does Having an income of lower than 1.25 USD a day barred the poor from moving out of Traditional Agriculture?

1.1/Purpose

To Describe the Economics of Being Poor in Mekong Delta