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(english) Vietnam is a very important country for the World Bank. It is the first recipient of IDA credits. It is also …, the Bank is very active in Vietnam: it is the first provider of development aid; it is also the leader in economic … research. Starting from a detailed diagnosis on the Bank’s activities in Vietnam and on the contents of policies it promotes in …
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The theoretical literature on pro-poor growth as well as its applications have not paid sufficient attention to the issue of varying inflation rates across the income distribution. Ignoring inflation inequality in pro-poor growth measurements can however severely bias assessments of pro-poor...
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Previous poverty assessments for Burkina Faso were biased due to the neglect of some important methodological issues. This led to the so-called ‘Burkinabè Growth-Poverty-Paradox’, i.e. relatively sustained macro-economic growth, but almost constant poverty. We estimate that poverty...
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This paper uses a novelty dataset of poor households in peri-urban areas in Vietnam to estimate impacts of small loans …
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(english) 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...
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Vietnam to test whether the urban poor face higher food prices. We also link the price surveys to a household survey to …
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participation by firms in Vietnam has a positive impact on wages when taking into account firm characteristics alone. However, the …
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uses data from Vietnam on market prices, food quantity and quality. A ten percent increase in the relative price of rice …
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. Existing research suggests that Vietnam is an exception to this pattern, with a decrease in males’ return from 1992 to 1998 … reform applied in Vietnam, whilst in Eastern European countries the “Big Bang” transformation was conducted. Therefore to see … whether Vietnam is still a counter example, we re-examine the trend in the rate of return to schooling in Vietnam over the …
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(english) The strong growth of the Vietnamese economy over the last two decades has brought about sweeping economic and social changes. In particular, there has been a sharp downturn in poverty along with an upturn in social inequalities (albeit not as sharp as in China). This makes the question...
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