- Education key to easing poverty, AFP, July 22, 2010, The Straits Times: “Education is a key to lifting Vietnam’s ethnic minorities from the ranks of the country’s poorest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. After a 10-day mission to the country, Gay McDougall said education is ‘a gateway’ to development and poverty eradication for its minorities who remain ‘the poorest of Vietnam’s poor’. ‘Persistent problems remain for many of those belonging to Vietnam’s minority groups,’ despite economic growth, social development and poverty alleviation more generally, Ms McDougall, the UN’s independent expert on minority issues, said in a statement…”
- Bilingual education could improve lives of VietNam?s ethnic minorities, By UN News, July 22, 2010, Spero News: “Despite Viet Nam’s progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, the country”s ethnic minorities continue to remain the poorest of the poor, says a United Nations human rights expert, adding that bilingual education could play a major role in redressing this situation. “Access to quality and appropriate education is a gateway to development and poverty eradication for minorities, and it is equally essential for the preservation and promotion of minority cultures, languages and identities,” Gay McDougall, the UN Independent Expert on minority issues, said following a 10-day mission to the country…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty