Protecting the Most Vulnerable People in Vietnam from Climate Shocks
Exposure to Flooding and Crop Failures has Unequal Impact on Children’s Development and Learning
Abstract
Vietnam is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to increasing extreme weather events and rising sea levels associated with climate change. Through Young Lives two decades of research, during which we have followed the lives of 3,000 young people in Vietnam, our data has shown that childhood exposure to climate shocks, such as flooding and related crop failures affects children’s nutrition, growth, cognitive skills, and access to education. This impedes their learning – including developing basic literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills – with the poorest children most affected. This policy brief summarises our findings on these impacts and highlights critical areas of policy requiring further research and urgent action.
This is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme
Citation
Ford, K., Thang, D and Freund, R. (2022). Protecting the Most Vulnerable People in Vietnam from Climate Shocks: Exposure to Flooding and Crop Failures has Unequal Impact on Children’s Development and Learning. Oxford: Young Lives.