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Vietnam.s development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the … introduction of its doi moi (.renovation.) economic reform programme in 1986. The core of Vietnam.s economic strategy has been … state-owned enterprises while encouraging growth of the private sector. Following an .East Asian. model, Vietnam has opened …
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Rice is a key agricultural commodity in Vietnam, and the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector remains a major …
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Vietnam.s industrial development since doi moi is a success, but only a partial one. This paper provides a political … economy account of Vietnam.s industrial growth since 1986. It shows that the key determinant of Vietnam.s industrial growth …
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This study provides evidence that culture understood as values and beliefs moves very slowly. Despite massive institutional change, values and beliefs in transition countries have not changed much over the last 20 years. Evidence suggests that culture is affected by the long run historical past,...
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The paper tries to improve our understanding on the role of institutions in development by critically examining the current orthodox discourse on institutions and highlighting some of its key problems. After discussing some definitional problems, the chapter examines a number of problems in the...
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The coherence and effectiveness of engagement with the world.s .fragile and conflict-affected states..beyond ethical imperatives and geo-strategic considerations.turns on answers to two vexing questions. First, on what defensible basis is any given countr
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Uganda, like other African countries, has implemented reforms to decentralize political authority to local governments and reintroduce multiparty elections. This combination creates opportunities for national partisan struggles to emerge in local arenas a
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In many African countries, decentralization has long been viewed as a means for improving local service delivery. Yet …, despite various decentralization initiatives, poor service delivery continues to be problematic in two of Kenya.s largest …
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There has long been an emphasis on the importance of decentralization in providing better quality public services in … the developing world. In order to assess the effectiveness of decentralization I examine here the case study of Uganda …
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Sub-Saharan African cities have been growing at historically unprecedented rates. Since the early 1970s, they have welcomed international assistance involving a succession of major thematic objectives. The main agency involved in urban assistance has been
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