tailieunhanh - Viet Nam Australia Development Cooperation Strategy 2003–2007

Australia has national interest and humanitarian reasons for providing aid to Viet Nam. Its centrality in the region means that a stable and growing Viet Nam will be good for regional cooperation, security, trade and prosperity. The prospects for poverty reduction are good. Australia has a valuable contribution to make by building on the successes and lessons learned from the past 10 years of bilateral development cooperation. | Viet Nam Australia Development Cooperation Strategy 2003–2007 © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth available from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT 2601 or posted at ISBN 1 920861 03 3 Published by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Canberra, November 2003 For further information, contact: Country Program Manager Viet Nam AusAID GPO Box 887 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone (02) 6206 4000 Fax (02) 6206 4696 Internet Edited by Janine Constantine Layout by Communications, Canberra Set in Rotis Printed in Australia by Pirion Printers, Canberra TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 1 BACKGROUND 4 2VIET NAM: DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES 5 Poverty analysis 5 Generating continued growth 5 Governance issues 7 Government of Viet Nam policies and programs 8 Donor operations in Viet Nam 9 3 AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION OBJECTIVES IN VIET NAM 11 Why have a development cooperation relationship? 11 Australia's national interest 11 Australian development cooperation policies 11 Ten years of bilateral Development Cooperation 12 4 THE STRATEGY AND FUTURE PROGRAM 13 Strategy objectives 13 Strategy selection - rationale and approach 13 Implementing the Strategy 19 Strengthening Partnerships 23 Analytical work in support of the Strategy 25 5 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 26 6 RISK ASSESSMENT 27 Attachments 29 Attachment 1: Viet Nam's economic, policy and institutional environment 29 Attachment 2: Government of Viet Nam Poverty Reduction Programs 34 .