the impact of the liberalization of regulatory barriers against foreign and domestic business service providers in Kenya … completed by specialists in Kenya. The authors estimate that Kenya will gain about 11 percent of the value of Kenyan consumption … that the largest gains to Kenya will derive from liberalization of costly regulatory barriers that are non …

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 …

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

Vietnam's integration with the international economy has increased significantly over the past decade, aided by … dramatic shift in Vietnam's trading patterns has important implications for the environment and use of natural resources. This … Vietnam's joining of the World Trade Organization. …

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 …

This paper explores how the expansion of labor-intensive manufacturing exports resulting from the United States-Vietnam … Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2001 translated into wages of skilled and unskilled workers and the skill premium in Vietnam … panel individuals from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys of 2002 and 2004, and addressing the issue of …

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 …