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This report has been prepared based on a comparative study which tries to analyze the process to establish and develop cooperatives of rural labourers collective production linked to the Landless Rural Labourers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra – MST). The main objective...
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This paper describes how the social capital of rice farmers of the Mekong delta of Vietnam - manifested in the …
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The Philippines has long been known for its high inequality in distribution of wealth and income; unlike many of its Asian neighbors characterized by relatively less inequality by international standards, the Philippine economy has often been compared to Latin American countries which are...
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This paper measures the impacts of cash crops on household consumption expenditure and poverty in rural Viet Nam using data from the Viet Nam household living standards surveys (VHLSSs) of 2002 and 2004. It has been found that revenues from cash crops have positive and statistically significant...
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This paper measures the impact of international and internal remittances on household welfare of remittances-receiving households using data from Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys 2002 and 2004. It is found that the receiving of international and internal remittances increased both...
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The paper analyses the current and possible future development of social protection systems in three Mekong countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam. The three countries are at differing levels of development but face a number of shared challenges including poverty and malnutrition, climate...
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This study aims to evaluate access to social services of the most vulnerable groups of Vietnamese people, as well as propose some policy recommendations for improving targeting mechanisms for the social protection system in Viet Nam. We will use the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Surveys in...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the efficiency performance of the hospitals and medical centers in Vietnam by … Enterprises by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) consists of 44 observations, which include 17 hospitals and 27 …
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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 … partially satisfactory. However, although the former grew faster and is more economically developed, Vietnam’s record in this …
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Vietnam’s rural economy has substantially diversified over the past two decades. The rural nonfarm sector has grown … developing world. This paper examines the potential effect of the trade policy reform on nonfarm employment in rural Vietnam …
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