This study provides evidence on the trends and drivers of inequality in Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard … in Vietnam. Inequality in income or expenditure is remarkably lower than inequality in assets. In 2016, the Gini … income and poverty. This implies that high-income people are more likely to benefit from economic growth, especially in …

levels. Poverty levels have also risen. The country's experience presents an interesting challenge for many economists that … factor productivity. The main findings are that a complete tariff removal on imports has negative welfare and poverty … in terms of welfare and poverty reduction. The mining sector (highest export orientation) is the biggest winner from the …

welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

and unambiguously assert that trade openness is conducive to growth and poverty reduction, the preponderance of evidence … supports this conclusion. However, the majority of empirical studies also show that the impact of trade on growth and poverty …

In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … reduction was especially successful. Thailand and Viet Nam are two emerging market economies where poverty rates are now below ….25 poverty line. Also, Thailand, after the economic crisis, with 19% of children underweight, is still above the World Health …

This paper examines the impact of an export market expansion created by the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA …) on competition among manufacturing firms in Vietnam's local labor markets. Using a nonparametric production function …

and poverty reduction. For this purpose, multilevel analysis approaches are followed to capture the likely effects of some … public expenditure on growth, inequality, and poverty. One of the most important results of this study is that policies aimed … at enhancing the purchase power of the poor are more effective in reducing poverty than policies aimed to improve human …