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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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canal network in the Southwest of Vietnam. People in this area are, traditionally, exposed to a water-shaped environment and …
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Vietnam is now at the critically important juncture as the country is preparing the National Socio‐economic Development … industrialization policy for the purpose of national economic development. The chapter reviews the policies adopted by Vietnam during … authors argue that industrial policy is still relevant for Vietnam and large economic groups. While this could be viewed as a …
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This paper examines Vietnam’s experience with bilateral trade agreements and compares subsequent outcomes with …
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