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Land Use Rights and Productivity: Insights from a 2006 Rural Household Survey
Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van den Broeck, Katleen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The aim of this article is the provide an overview of the distribution of land use (property) rights in 12 provinces in Vietnam and the productivity effect on plot level and whole farm rice growing . We show that land titles are indeed important. Only exclusively held titles have the expected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008923019
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Urban Poverty in Vietnam: Determinants and Policy Implications
Nguyen Viet, Cuong; Vu Hoang, Linh; Nguyen, Thang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study examines the profile and determinants of poverty in the two largest cities in Vietnam – Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. Data used in this study are from the 2009 Urban Poverty Survey. Using the poverty line of 12,000 thousand VND/year, the poverty incidence is estimated at 17.4 percent for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259822
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Ethnic minority children’s access to public services in Vietnam
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study provides an analysis of access to public services of ethnic minority children. The main data sets are from a Baseline Survey of the Program 135-II in 2007, Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys 2004 and 2006, and the 15-percent sample of the Population and Housing Census 2009. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323458
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Assessing the Impact of Poverty Reduction Programs in Vietnam
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This paper aims to examine the poverty targeting and impacts of three poverty reeducation programs including programs ‘exemption of educational fees’, ‘provision with health care insurance’, and ‘micro-credit for the poor’ in Vietnam. It is found that the three programs have reached...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685139
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Household Savings in Vietnam: Insights from a 2006 Rural Household Survey
Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van den Broeck, Katleen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The aim of this paper is to inform the reader about the rural households' saving situation in Vietnam and the determinants of household saving with special interest in the possible effects of network savings behavior on household savings behavior. In Vietnam households hold capital through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011191510
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The Growing Role of International Remittances in the Vietnamese Economy: Evidence from the Vietnam (Household) Living Standard Surveys
Pfau, Wade Donald; Giang, Long Thanh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Our findings include that overseas remittances come from throughout the world, but are dominated by the United States as a main source. Also, over time, the destinations of foreign remittances are becoming more diverse as they move away from Ho Chi Minh city and other urban areas, in particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565119
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Child Mortality In China And Vietnam In A Comparative Perspective
Alberto, Gabriele; Schettino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyzes China’s and Vietnam’s performance in reducing under-five child mortality in a comparative … the provision of key public services deteriorated. As a result, child mortality reduction in China and Vietnam was only … area was markedly better than China’s. We show that this apparent paradox is due mainly to two reasons. One is related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836085
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Exportinduziertes Wachstum als Chance für die „nächsten Tiger“?
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
China have attained high rates of economic growth. Export-led growth has taken over the status as model for developing … of Japan, the Tiger states and China with their respective strategies of industrial policy and export-led growth. Is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257823
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Understanding the South China Sea: An explorative cultural analysis
Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The South China Sea has attracted considerable attention among politicians, journalists and scholars since it has …. The South China Sea is defined as "Mediterranean." By comparing it to other maritime spaces, like the Baltic and the … from concepts of the cultural theory of Oswald Spengler. The paper will look at the South China Sea from two perspectives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118531