Vietnam grew rapidly in the 1990s, and yet by many measures it has poor economic institutions. Dollar seeks to explain … this apparent anomaly. Between the 1980s and 1990s Vietnam carried out significant economic reforms, notably stabilization …. Relating these changes to the empirical growth literature, the author finds that Vietnam's growth acceleration is about what …

China has been the most rapidly growing economy in the world over the past 25 years. This growth has fueled a … poor areas and poor households, and rebalance the economy away from investment and exports toward domestic consumption and …