Although the impact was less dramatic than in other Asian countries, Vietnam has been affected by the international crisis which started in 2008, resulting in a significant slowdown of economic growth. This paper aims at assessing the impact of this economic crisis on employment, unemployment...

Vietnam is one of the only South East Asian emerging economies not to have gone into recession in 2009 in the wake of the world crisis. Nonetheless, it has been affected deeply by the crisis, as shown by all macro-economic indicators. The yearly growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has...

Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It...

This article sets out to investigate the reasons why some household businesses decide to register and become formal (while others do not) in order to shed light on the origins of informality. We use qualitative as well as quantitative data on household businesses (HB) derived from first-hand...

Cet ouvrage reprend une sélection de communications présentées lors d'une conférence internationale organisée en mai 2010 à Hanoï par l'académie des sciences sociales du Vietnam et l'institut de recherche pour le développement.

The adoption of export-led growth strategies by developing countries is directly responsible for the considerable expansion of export processing zones (EPZs) in recent years. Such zones are frequently considered key instruments in the array of policies adopted by countries to attract foreign...

Au Việt Nam, comme dans beaucoup de PED, le travail est la principale source de revenus des ménages. Les niveaux de vie sont ainsi conditionnés par le mode d’insertion des individus sur le marché du travail. Par ailleurs, une grande partie des « chocs » macro-économiques (comme ceux...