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9780198796961

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam A Rising Dragon on the Move

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    9780198796961

  • ISBN10:

    019879696X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2017-04-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economic, University of Copenhagen

Finn Tarp is Director of UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen. He has some 38 years of experience in academic and applied development economics research, teaching, and policy analysis; and his field experience covers more than 20 years of in-country assignments in 35 countries across the developing world, including many years of work in Viet Nam. Finn Tarp has published widely in leading international academic journals alongside a series of books, and he is a member of the World Bank Chief Economist's Council of Eminent Persons. He has been awarded the Vietnamese Government Medals of Honour for 'Support to the Planning and Investment System' and the 'Cause of Science and Technology'.

Table of Contents


1. Viet Nam: Setting the Scene, Finn Tarp
PART I: A RURAL ECONOMY TRANSFORMATION
2. Characteristics of the VARHS Data and other Data Sources, Kasper Brandt and Finn Tarp
3. Rural Transformation: A Commune-Level Analysis, Ulrik Beck
4. Commercialization in Agriculture: 2006-14, Andy McKay, Chiara Cazzuffi, and Emilie Perge
PART II: KEY PRODUCTION FACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS
5. The Rural Non-Farm Economy, Christina Kinghan and Carol Newman
6. Land Issues 2006-14: Property Rights and Investment, Thomas Markussen
7. 1 Rural Labour and Migration, Gaia Narciso
8. Information and communication technology, Heidi Kaila
PART III: WELFARE OUTCOMES AND DISTRIBUTIONAL ISSUES
9. Social and Political Capital, Thomas Markussen
10. Welfare Dynamics: 2006-14, Andy McKay and Finn Tarp
11. Gender Inequality and the Empowerment of Women, Carol Newman
12. Children and the youth, Gaia Narciso and Carol Newman
13. Ethnic Disadvantage: Evidence using Panel Data, Saurabh Singhal and Ulrik Beck
14. Lessons Learnt and Policy Implications, Finn Tarp

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