"With high population density and limited land availability, Vietnam's Red River Delta is undergoing a major transformation as its economic base moves away from subsistence farming towards intensive, high-value food production for export and local urban markets, and nonfarm employment. This...

Cecilia Tacoli argues that there is a complex web of relations and connections incorporating rural and urban dimensions that determine poor people's livelihoods. Ensuring that poor people's voice is heard in policy debates needs to take into account theses realities in order to break down the...