A Nuanced Analysis on Livelihood Resilience of Vietnamese Upland Households: An Intersectional Lens of Ethnicity and Gender

“How to gauge the resilience of a household’s livelihood?” and “who is for?”; as world’s volatility increases, especially with unprecedented changes in climate, interest these questions continues rise. While many previous conventional attempts measure at household level have largely employed “objective” top-down framework relying mostly on macro observed socioeconomic dataset, this present work seeks estimate through an alternative bottom-up method, called “subjective” approach. With specific reference context two ethnic Pa Cô Tà Ôi minorities living upland areas Central Vietnam, study aims (1) climate change by scoring five livelihood capitals, financial, human, social, physical, natural, applying Household Livelihood Resilience (HLR) framework; (2) provide intersectional lens ethnicity gender relation resilience. To achieve goals, addition focus group discussions eleven in-depth interviews, empirical survey 236 households was conducted between September December 2021. Our findings indicated that there are differences among minority groups and, within that, (sex, status) factors. Ethnic women poor lower than other society due their human capital limited access public financial resources, which some degree linked difference division labor cultural norms patriarch traditions. This highlights importance considering poverty resilience-building efforts offers insights for future programs multi-ethnic developing countries such Vietnam.