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REFUGEES The number of refugees has reached an all-time high, as more than 50 million people worldwide have fled their homes to seek a better life elsewhere. This is the first time that the fig- ures have reached these levels since the Second World War. What makes the refugees willing to Preview akzente issue 4/15 face the hardships of leaving their homes? Where do they go? How do the host countries deal with them? And what strategies is the international community using to handle this crisis? Answers to these and other questions will be provided in akzente 4/15. Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered offices: Bonn and Eschborn, Germany • Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 36+40, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 44 60-0, Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66 • Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn, Germany Tel.: +49 61 96 79-0, Fax: +49 61 96 79-11 15 Dorothee Hutter, Director of Corporate Communications Email: akzente@giz.de Internet: www.giz.de/magazine-akzente Responsible: Anja Tomic, Deputy Director of Corporate Communications (GIZ) Content concept and editing: GIZ: Miriam Droller (editor), Kerstin Nauth, Hans Stehling Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH: Helen Sibum (project management), Friederike Bauer, Judith Reker, Oliver Hick-Schulz (layout), Corinna Potthoff (photo editing) English translation: Laura Ball, Hillary Crowe, Janet Fraser, Gill Lester, Jodie McGilvary, Alan Seaton; Karl Stellrecht (GIZ Language Services) Proofreading: textschrittmacher, Lübeck, Germany Graphic design/lithography: Frankfurter Societäts- Medien GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany Printed by: Druckerei Lokay e. K., Reinheim, Germany Printed on: Arctic Volume, certified to FSC standards Maps: GIZ/Ira Olaleye The maps are for information purposes only and do not constitute recognition under international law of boundaries and territories. GIZ does not guarantee in any way the current status, accuracy or completeness of the maps. All liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of their use is excluded. Cover: Plainpicture/Onimage/L. B. Jeffries All images: GIZ unless otherwise stated Copy deadline: July 2015 Published: quarterly Current issue: September 2015 ISSN: 0945-4497 Articles by individual authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher. akzente has received several awards for its high-quality journalism and design. In 2015 it won a silver medal at the Best of Corporate Publishing Award. Akzente Photos:NguherZaki(Page46),GettyImages/LuisDavilla(Page47) 47akzente 3/15 Project: POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN THE RURAL PROVINCES OF VIET NAM Commissioned by: GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Term: 2007 TO 2013 SUSTAINABILITY A look back at a project and its results THEN Until well into the 1980s, life in Viet Nam was overshadowed by war and de- struction. Then the introduction of the ‘Doi Moi’ (renewal) reform programme in 1986 sparked a mini economic boom, and between 1995 and 2005 the coun- try’s growth rates shot up to about 7.5 per cent. Viet Nam even came out of the financial crisis of 2008/2009 relatively unscathed. Yet this new-found prosperity is distributed exceedingly unevenly. For example, in 2006 the poverty rates in the Ha Tinh and Tra Vinh provinces were still above 30 per cent. The 2.3 million people living in these provinces were struggling to acquire land and capital, while the majority of farmers were unable to sell their produce at the major markets. Now Civic participation in the economy and society in Ha Tinh and Tra Vinh provinces has increased significantly. Thanks to measures such as supporting farmers in making the change from subsistence farming to market-oriented agriculture, poverty rates in the project’s 80 com- munes almost halved between the years 2006 and 2011. Over 60 per cent of those who were given training had at- tained permanent employment six months after the end of the courses. In coopera- tion with the International Fund for Agri- cultural Development (IFAD), the suc- cessful project has also led to the greater inclusion of women. Women who participated in training have boosted their income by up to 50 per cent. giz.de/de/downloads/giz2013-en-vietnam-kurzbericht-laendliche-entwicklung-schlusseval.pdf Tel.: +492284460-0, Fax: +492284460-1766 Tel.: +49619679-0, Fax: +49619679-1115