Senior National Assembly members urged relevant agencies to quickly work out new criteria for classifying poor households on the first day of their 30th meeting in Hanoi on April 12.
“The new criteria for the poverty line should be flexibile, meant to take into account the characteristics of every single region, so poverty can be reduced sustainably,” the National Assembly’s Standing Committee members said.
On the day, the NA members examined the implementation of the second phase (2006-2010) of Programme 135, a prominent Government programme aimed at reducing poverty in extremely disadvantaged communes in the country.
Head of the examination team, Ksor Phuoc, said the second phase of Programme 135, along with other national projects and programmes, has initially helped local authorities develop a quite comprehensive system of socio-economic infrastructure facilities.
According to the Government, by the end of 2009, the rate of poor households fell to 31.5 percent; 75.2 percent of communes are now accessible by car; 83.5 percent of communes have built primary schools and more than 90 percent of children at school age go to school.
Also, all disadvantaged communes now have their own communal clinics and 91.8 percent of the target communes have been linked to the national power line.
Hearing these figures, the NA Standing Committee members agreed that poverty reduction efforts and programmes should continue and Programme 135 should continue to be carried out under a special mechanism./.
“The new criteria for the poverty line should be flexibile, meant to take into account the characteristics of every single region, so poverty can be reduced sustainably,” the National Assembly’s Standing Committee members said.
On the day, the NA members examined the implementation of the second phase (2006-2010) of Programme 135, a prominent Government programme aimed at reducing poverty in extremely disadvantaged communes in the country.
Head of the examination team, Ksor Phuoc, said the second phase of Programme 135, along with other national projects and programmes, has initially helped local authorities develop a quite comprehensive system of socio-economic infrastructure facilities.
According to the Government, by the end of 2009, the rate of poor households fell to 31.5 percent; 75.2 percent of communes are now accessible by car; 83.5 percent of communes have built primary schools and more than 90 percent of children at school age go to school.
Also, all disadvantaged communes now have their own communal clinics and 91.8 percent of the target communes have been linked to the national power line.
Hearing these figures, the NA Standing Committee members agreed that poverty reduction efforts and programmes should continue and Programme 135 should continue to be carried out under a special mechanism./.
