Income and life quality of farmer households suffering social exclusion. This study uses descrip tive statistical method to analyze the income and lif equal-ity of 397 farmer households who are suffering social exclusion in an economic aspectout of a total of 725 households surveyed in five Northern provinces of Vietnam in 2010. | Journal of Economics and Development Vol. 14, , Decembert 2012, pp. 63 - 87 ISSN 1859 0020 Income and Life Quality of Farmer Households Suffering Social Exclusion Mai Ngoc Anh National Economics University, Vietnam Email: Do Thi Hai Ha National Economics University, Vietnam Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen National Economics University, Vietnam Abstract This study uses descriptive statistical method to analyze the income and life quality of 397 farmer households who are suffering social exclusion in an economic aspect out of a total of 725 households surveyed in five Northern provinces of Vietnam in 2010. The farmers’ opinions of the impact of the policies currently practiced by the central government and local authorities to give them access to the labor market are also analyzed in this study to help management officers see how the policies affect the beneficiaries so that they can later make appropriate adjustments. Keywords: Farmers, social exclusion, life quality, policy implementation. Journal of Economics and Development 63 Vol. 14, , December 2012 1. Introduction Over the past years of transition to a market economy, Vietnam, on one hand has enjoyed a high economic growth rate with the economic structure shifting for the better, and people’s material and spiritual life has been remarkably improved. However, the number of poor people, especially in rural areas, seems to be increasing (GSO, 2010). The number of economically excluded people has increased, since social exclusion in an economic aspect is associated with those who are poor, near poor, and those with incomes above the minimum standard but lower than the medium level of the local community by 60% (Scutella, Wilkins and Horn, 2009). The term “Social exclusion“ has its original roots in France (Castillo, 1994). It refers to people who have no access to the fruits of economic and social development – a process in which individuals or a group of people are partly or .
