Author: Tran Tuan Anh
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-03-07
Year: 2003
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2003
Examination Committee: Barbara Earth (Chairperson); Bernadette P. Resurreccion, Edsel E. Sajor (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Doi Moi policy in 1996 has created good opportunities for Vietnam economic development. However, people have to pay for the serious environmental problems. Especially, water resources pollution is a severe problem in the Mekong Delta due to pollution of rivers, canals and ponds with agricultural chemicals, sewage and other wastes. Being conscious of the situation, Vietnamese Government and development agencies have many plans and programs for rural poor people with many water supply and sanitation projects. A World Bank project to increase access to water in rural Soc Trang Province, Vietnam, is assessed for its adherence to principles of sustainability and social justice, focusing on gender sensitivity of the intervention. The water infrastructure introduced by the project consisted of three components with varying levels of success. The community had most input into the construction of a piped water system, and this was most successful. The use of UNICEF hand-pumps and Thai design water jars were specified by the World Bank and were less successful. The project beneficiaries are mostly Khmer people who have a relatively gender egalitarian. But with the outside rational and technocratic knowledge that was insensitive to the community and local context, the project implementation affected Khmer gender relation and indigenous knowledge. This project shows that gender sensitivity requires ethnic sensitivity.
Scholarship Donor(s): International Fellowship Programs
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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