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What matters to economic decision-making is whether the economy has become more or less predictable. People and businesses use information around them to form judgements about what might happen in the future. The rise in uncertainty might be associated with increased concern about extreme...
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omega-3 fatty acids, reduced fish consumption may have significant offsetting health impacts. We explore this risk trade … speculate that the Food and Drug Administration's prominent 2001 mercury in fish advisory may have harmed public health. Lower … expense of substantial reductions in healthful omega-3s. We find this response pattern even for consumers with low fish …
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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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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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Vietnam. This brief report is an initial step to assess problems and provide analysis of the contribution system, and outline …
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This study examines the poverty of the ethnic minorities in the poorest areas in Vietnam. We find that the ethnic …
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assesses impact of agricultural land on poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam. It is found that agricultural land increases …
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Using data from Vietnam Household and Living Standard Surveys in 2006 and 2008, the paper estimates the effect of the … Vietnam. It shows that there are no statistically significant effects of receipt of remittances on school enrolment of …
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