fashion and that the markets are relatively efficient. We do not find major changes in participation in these fisheries as a … result of the system. We find evidence that suggests that the ITQ system is improving the profitability of fisheries in New …

This paper focuses on instrument choice while consistently estimating the returns to education in Vietnam. Using data … culled from the 2 rounds of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey (VLSS), we explore different sets of exogenous instruments …

paper then surveys the particular governance challenge in Vietnam as it continues its transition from central planning to … markets. The nature and characteristics of the present administrative structure in Vietnam are then surveyed, followed by a …

generally low, but in a labour intensive country such as Vietnam could still be seen as an advantage. Employment levels were …

This report follows up on a 1996 UNDP survey of microfinance activity in Vietnam. The need was not simply because of … benefit. This report had highlighted a number of problems concerning microfinance in Vietnam. These concerns, however, should … of “social capital” in Vietnam are ripe for the rapid expansion of microfinance schemes along the lines of those in …

The economic performance of Vietnam in the 1990s would be classified as a “miracle” if such achievements were not so … stabilisation for the first decade. The state sector was never large in Vietnam, where 80 percent of the population lives in rural … easy without the burden of a large military-industrial complex, and Vietnam’s exports to CMEA found new Western buyers with …

presents such estimates in the case of Vietnam. …

standards systems and related infrastructure. Vietnam and Thailand are examined as case studies. In both cases the move to … improving in line with industry demands. Vietnam, in particular, has initiated a wide-ranging transition from a central planning … fewer than in most developed country APEC economies. Protection in Vietnam, and even still in Thailand, mostly comes through …