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Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Viet Nam

Abman, Ryan; Carney, Conor - 2018

This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation in Viet Nam. We combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data. We study two margins of tenure security, whether a household...

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Inter- and intra-farm land fragmentation in Viet Nam

Markussen, Thomas; Tarp, Finn; Thiep, Do Huy; Tuan, … - 2016

This paper uses panel data at commune, household, and plot levels to study the causes and effects of agricultural land fragmentation in rural Viet Nam. We focus on both inter-farm fragmentation (the division of land into many small farms) and intra-farm fragmentation (the division of each farm...

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Changes in land tenure and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa

Ōtsuka, Keijirō; Place, Frank M. - 2014

Due to increasing population pressure on limited cultivable land in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), farm size has been shrinking, fallow periods have been shortened, and soil fertility has been declining. In accordance with the Boserupian evolutionary theory and the Hayami-Ruttan induced...

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PROCEDE : a failed programme to reduce poverty and inequalities in Mexico

De Ita, Ana - 2022

This paper analyses the land tenure reform that took place in Mexico in 1992 and its PROCEDE programme (Ejido Rights Certification Programme). It considers the counter-agrarian reform's objectives, the context in which it was proposed, and the different actors involved. It delves into the main...

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Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environment

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...

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Growth and structural transformation in Viet Nam during the 2000s

Hoai, Dang Thi Thu; Tarp, Finn; Seventer, Dirk van; Ho … - 2016

We study structural transformation and change in the Vietnamese economy using two Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), one for the year 2000 and a recently compiled SAM for the year 2012. This period is of particular interest as it features an important shift in terms of more economic integration...

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Microsimulation of impacts of tax and transfer in Viet Nam : feasibility study

Nguyen, Duong Anh; Minh Binh Tran; Anh Mai Le - 2016

This paper assesses the feasibility of simulating the distributional impacts produced by various tax and transfer instruments in Viet Nam. Viet Nam's system of tax and transfer policies underwent frequent changes, in terms of diversity and adjustment scope. The most important source of data is...

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The transmission of socially responsible behaviour through international trade

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

We investigate the relationship between the corporate social responsibility practices of local domestic firms and their engagement with foreign markets using four waves of panel data on a sample of more than 4,500 manufacturing firms from Viet Nam. We develop a measure of corporate social...

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Innovation efforts in developing countries : the case of Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises

Son Thi Kim Le - 2019

The identification of potential innovation efforts plays an important role in evaluating the innovation process. The innovation efforts of firms in developing countries might be different to those of Western enterprises. This paper evaluates innovation processes in developing countries,...

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Intergenerational mobility of education in Vietnam : evidence from the Vietnam War

Khoa Vu; Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2019

Vietnam's education system has recently attracted international attention for exceptional learning outcomes and success … explanation is the substantial increase in parental schooling after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, which might have led to better …'s educational attainment in Vietnam. We exploit variation in parental exposure to aerial bombing at an early age to identify the …

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