to data from rural Kenya shows that in 1994 rural households faced on average a 40 percent chance of becoming poor in the …

. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …

and international market integration in Vietnam's rice sector and fertilizer market between 1993 and 1998, a period of … effects of opening the rice and fertilizer market are isolated, Vietnam's agricultural trade reforms did not contribute to a …

Vietnam's rapid economic growth in the 1990s greatly increased the incomes of Vietnamese households, which led to a … dramatic decline in poverty. Over the same period, child malnutrition rates in Vietnam, as measured by low height for age in … status in Vietnam. Different estimation methods applied to the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey data find …

In Vietnam almost a quarter of adults worked in nonfarm household enterprises in 1998. Based on household panel data … from the Vietnam Living Standards Surveys of 1993 and 1998, the authors find some evidence that operating an enterprise … Vietnam. …

By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …

composition. The specific context for his study is the liberalization of rice markets in Vietnam in the 1990s. Between 1993 and … 1998, Vietnam lifted export restrictions on rice, allowing the domestic price to rise toward international levels, and … eliminated internal restrictions on the flow of rice between regions of Vietnam. So, the relative price of rice increased overall …

. The current paper contributes to this limited knowledge by evaluating the impact of a shift by Vietnam's social health …-section data sets from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to estimate impacts on efficiency, quality, and equity. The …