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<span
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Ethnic minority practitioners,</span><o:p></o:p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
World Bank Poverty Assessment 2012 identifies and describes
Vietnam's major challenges in the country's development in
particular those co-existing in ethnic minority communities. In
2010, the population of ethnic minority only accounts for 14,5%
of the whole country, however, they hold nearly half amount of
the poor nationwide. With the poverty rate of 66,3%, it is five
time higher than the Kinh's. Additionally, that getting access
to land and public services is more limited in ethnic
minorities; several government policies bring more benefits for
the Kinh migrants than the local people. Obviously, overcoming
poverty, inequality amongst ethnic minorities must be tightly
concerned.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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The work on positive deviation adds a very important perspective
by highlighting pathways out of poverty. Ethnic minorities are
leading their own development. We need to break through the
strong narrative of EM “lagging behind”. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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The EMWG would like to <b>welcome</b> you to our sharing on <b>Positive
Deviation </b>research by <b>Andrew Wells-Dang</b> on </span><b><u><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24th
October, 2012, from 2:30p.m-5p.m.</span></u></b><span
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The sharing will take place at<b> meeting room, NGO Resource
Centre</b>, F1 building, La Thanh Hotel, 218 Doi Can, Hanoi.<br>
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would like to share with you the report and presentations for
your reference before joining us! Kindly see the link below</span>:
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href="http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/pub/emwg-sharing-positive-deviation-research-andrew-wells-dang-24th-october-2012-230pm-ngo-resource-">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/pub/emwg-sharing-positive-deviation-research-andrew-wells-dang-24th-october-2012-230pm-ngo-resource-</a>
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A detailed agenda will be publicized shortly upon your
confirmations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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would be highly appreciated if you confirm your attendance by <b><u>22nd
October, 2012</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Thank you so much!<br>
I look forward for your participation!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Best regards<br>
Hoa Nguyen</span></p>
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Nguyen Thi Hoa (Mrs.)
Ethnic Minority Working Group Coordinator
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
La Thanh Hotel, Doi Can, Hanoi, Vietnam
Mob: 0977941892
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emwg@ngocentre.org.vn">emwg@ngocentre.org.vn</a>
Skype: cocohoa</pre>
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