matrix for Vietnam, mapping on a one-to-one basis to each other. Distinct differences in poverty assessments emerge when the … indicate that poverty will rise following a revenue-neutral lowering of trade taxes. This is interpreted as a worst case … response to avoid increasing poverty in the short to medium term. – poverty ; trade liberalization ; general equilibrium models …

Vietnam's development performance since the early 1990s has been one of the strongest in the world, following the … introduction of its doi moi (renovation) economic reform programme in 1986. The core of Vietnam's economic strategy has been rapid …-owned enterprises while encouraging growth of the private sector. Following an East Asian model, Vietnam has opened its domestic market …

Do changes in poverty and inequality depend directly on the rate of economic growth, or does the source of the growth … more important sources of income for the poor than for the non-poor, the more it reduces poverty and inequality. Different … sources of growth affect poverty and inequality differently because they affect factor returns differently, and because the …

price surge and various policy options on the performance of the main macroeconomic indicators as well as on poverty …

This paper estimates the number of poor in various countries in Asia by applying an "amalgam poverty line", which is a … weighted average of an absolute poverty line (such as $1.25 per day or $1.45 per day) and a reference income (such as the mean … or the median income). The number of poor is computed under various values of the weight applied to the absolute poverty …

Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …

Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …

Vietnam has been among the most successful East Asian economies, especially in weathering the external shocks of recent … and poverty alleviation have been maintained at the expense of renewed inflation, larger budget deficits, and currency …

poverty depend upon individual household characteristics of economic participation and asset holding. To fully realize the … integrated microsimulation-CGE model with the small area estimation to evaluate the spatial incidence of Vietnam's accession to … the WTO. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization was heterogeneous, ranging from 2.2 per cent to 14 …