1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780305403321

Titolo

Economic growth, poverty, and household welfare in Vietnam / / edited by Paul Glewwe, Nisha Agrawal, David Dollar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-08484-7

9786610084845

1-4175-0795-0

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 24 cm

Collana

World Bank regional and sectoral studies

Altri autori (Persone)

GlewwePaul <1958->

AgrawalNisha

DollarDavid

Disciplina

330.9597

Soggetti

Income distribution - Vietnam

Poverty - Vietnam

Households - Economic aspects - Vietnam

Vietnam Economic policy

Vietnam Economic conditions 1975-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Map of Vietnam; 1. An Overview of Economic Growth and Household Welfare in Vietnam in the 1990's; Part I. Vietnam's Economic Performance in the 1990's; 2. Reform, Growth, and Poverty; 3. The Wage Labor Market and Inequality in Vietnam; 4. Household Enterprises in Vietnam: Survival, Growth, and Living Standards; 5. Agriculture and Income Distribution in Rural Vietnam under Economic Reforms: A Tale of Two Regions; Part II. Poverty Reduction in Vietnam in the 1990's

6. The Static and Dynamic Incidence of Vietnam's Public Safety Net 7. The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting; 8. Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam: A Socioeconomic Perspective; Part III. Progress in Health and Education in Vietnam in the 1990's; 9. Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi; 10. Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of



Health Care Services in Vietnam; 11. Patterns of Health Care Use in Vietnam: Analysis of 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey Data; 12. Trends in the Education Sector

13. An Investigation of the Determinants of School Progress and Academic Achievement in Vietnam Part IV. Other Topics; 14. Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam; 15. Economic Mobility in Vietnam; 16. Private Interhousehold Transfers in Vietnam; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Figures; 2.1 Per Capita GDP Growth Rates, 1960's to 1990's; 2.2 Convergence and Divergence in Per Capita GDP Growth Rates in the 1990's; 2.3 Economic Growth and Income of the Poor; 2.4 Increased Trade and Changes in Inequality; 2.5 Indicators of Vietnam's Reforms: Mid-1980's to Late 1990's

2.6 Effect of Economic Reform on Poverty, 1988-98 2.7 Poverty Reduction and Growth Rate in India, Vietnam, and China, 1992-98; 2.8 Conditional Convergence, 1995-2035; 2.9 Governance Pentagons: Vietnam, India, Thailand, Myanmar, and China; 2.10 Global Competitiveness Report Rankings: Vietnam, China, and India; 2.11 Maritime Transport to the United States (West Coast): Garments; 2.12 Foreign Direct Investment as a Share of GDP, 1998; 2.13 Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam in the 1990's; 3.1 Economic Growth in Vietnam

3.2 Levels of Schooling versus Labor Market Returns to Schooling by Region, 1998 3.3 Agricultural Labor Force Compared with Income Level; 4.1 Household Choices in 1993 and 1998; 5.1 Composition of Income, Vietnam; 5.2 Trends in Rice Production; 5.3 Trends in Total Agricultural Output; 5.4 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural North; 5.5 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural South; 7.1 Provincial Poverty Headcounts Estimated Using Urban-Rural and Stratum-Level Regression Models

7.2 Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves for Selected Targeting Variables



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783056303321

Titolo

Men who sell sex : international perspectives on male prostitution and HIV/AIDS / / edited by Peter Aggleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-35883-4

1-135-35884-2

1-280-65185-7

9786610651856

0-203-02463-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Social aspects of AIDS

Altri autori (Persone)

AggletonPeter

Disciplina

362.1969792

Soggetti

Male prostitution

Male prostitutes - Sexual behavior

HIV infections - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Selling Sex in Cardiff and London; Chapter 2 Sex for Money between Men and Boys in the Netherlands: Implications for HIV Prevention; Chapter 3 Travestis and Gigolos: Male Sex Work and HIV Prevention in France; Chapter 4 Male Sex Work and HIV/AIDS in Canada; Chapter 5 Social Environment and Male Sex Work in the United States; Chapter 6 Aspects of Male Sex Work in Mexico City; Chapter 7 Three Decades of Male Sex Work in Santo Domingo

Chapter 8 Cacherismo in a San José Brothel … Aspects of Male Sex Work in Costa RicaChapter 9 Natural Born Targets: Male Hustlers and AIDS Prevention in Urabn Brazil; Chapter 10 Fletes in Parque Kennedy: Sexual Cultures among Young Men Who Sell Sex to Other Men in Lima; Chapter 11 Through a Window Darkly: Men Who Sell Sex to Men in India and Bangladesh; Chapter 12 Male Sex Work in Sri Lanka; Chapter 13 Bar Talk: Thai Male Sex Workers and Their Customers; Chapter 14 Walking th

Sommario/riassunto

Brings together an authoritative collection of essays from different



countries and examines sexual behaviour, the reasons men sell sex, the meanings involved, and implications for HIV prevention.