The National Target Program for New Rural Development in Vietnam: An Understanding of People’s Participation and Its Determinants

Diep Thanh Tung (), Le Thi Thu Diem, Do Xuan Luan and Nguyen Hoang Khanh Linh
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Diep Thanh Tung: School of Economics and Law, Tra Vinh University, Tra Vinh 87000, Vietnam
Le Thi Thu Diem: School of Economics and Law, Tra Vinh University, Tra Vinh 87000, Vietnam
Do Xuan Luan: Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Thai Nguyen 24119, Vietnam
Nguyen Hoang Khanh Linh: International School, Hue University, Hue 530000, Vietnam

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-17

Abstract: This study proposes a participation scale of people in the national new rural program, namely the levels of know, discuss, implement, and monitor identifies participation and their determinants by employing Tobit regression models. From a dataset of 508 household respondents collected in seven regions across countries, we find that the highest level of participation is still at the level of know, while the lowest level is at the level of monitor. Additionally, in some areas of the program, people are mobilized to participate in certain activities, even though they do not have a good understanding nor thoroughly discuss how to carry it out. Considering the findings, we recommend increasing the active participation of the people in the bottom-up approach, associated with the practical needs of the people and the program’s sustainability.

Keywords: new rural; participation; top-down; democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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