economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic … find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In … customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater …

The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …

Kenya has long had a reputation of being politically risky, manifested in corruption, uncertainty about policies, and … the importance of political connections in doing business. Kenya began its economic liberalization in 1993. Reform picked …

examines the impacts -- half a century later -- of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in …

Vietnam's provinces. Aid is not apparently fungible between Vietnam's health sector and other sectors, but is fungible across …

incidence of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization …, but the northwestern area of Vietnam is likely to lag behind. Furthermore, poverty can be shown to increase under …

This paper examines the determinants of remittance behavior for Vietnam using data from the 2004 Vietnam Migration …

relatively understudied. Utilizing a firm survey dataset from Vietnam, this paper first calculates firm-level markups for …