The aim of this paper is to explain the divergent developmental outcomes between South Korea, Taiwan, and South Vietnam …, the ultimate failure to establish strong institutions in South Vietnam calls for a closer analysis of how differing …

effects of bribes. -- firm performance ; corruption ; Vietnam …

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 … state-owned enterprises while encouraging growth of the private sector. Following an "East Asian" model, Vietnam has opened …

, accompanied by corresponding tax cuts, in a general equilibrium framework applied to Vietnam. This policy is shown to have strong … a higher education subsidy cut reduces welfare and increases poverty in Vietnam. While rural and agricultural households …

after about a thousand years of Chinese colonization, historical Vietnam emerged in the region that is now north Vietnam … with a collectivist social organization. From the 11th to the 18th centuries, historical Vietnam gradually expanded its … lab-in-the-field experiment, we demonstrate that areas annexed earlier to historical Vietnam are currently more prone to …

Vulnerability and poverty are distinct yet highly correlated. Using data sets extracted from Vietnam Household Living … Standard Surveys for 2002, 2004 and 2006, this study analyzes vulnerability as expected poverty in Vietnam and becomes the … case of Vietnam; (ii) ex ante vulnerability in previous periods might translate to ex post poverty in the following periods …

Vietnam's national competitiveness has been relatively low. Globally, Vietnam has been in the middle of economies surveyed …. Regionally, Vietnam has been in the middle of ASEAN countries. Regarding level of development, before 2015 Vietnam was in stage 1 … (factor-driven), which includes ASEAN's less developed countries (Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar). Since 2015 Vietnam has shifted …

We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household …