The Vietnamese economy : awakening the dormant dragon / / edited by Binh Tran-Nam and Chi Do Pham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784091203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• ISBN: 0-429-23451-1; 1-134-43537-1; 1-280-05769-6; 0-203-63909-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Collana: RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 41
• Classificazione: 83.30
• Altri autori (Persone): Tran-NamBinh <1954->; PhamChi Do <1948->
• Disciplina: 330.9597
• Soggetti: Vietnam History 1975-; 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: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Introduction and summary; Doi Moi: Past, present and future development issues; Economic development in Vietnam during the second half of the twentieth century: How to avoid the danger of lagging behind; A decade of Doi Moi in retrospect: 1989 99; Investment and growth: A simple macroeconomic projection for 2001 10; Fiscal policy options for the period 2001 5; Economic growth, social consensus and coordination; The Vietnamese economy in a global contextEconomic openness and the gains from international trade and investment: The case of Vietnam; Vietnam's international economic integration: Impacts and implications; Trade policy under globalization and regionalization; The Chinese economic model: Some tentative conclusions for Vietnam; Foreign direct investment and economic development: The Vietnamese experience; Sectoral policies and institutional reforms; Agriculture: A strategy for market development; Education reform and economic development in Vietnam; The ICT industry, structural reform and labor productivity: Lessons for the developing countriesPublic administration and civil service reforms in Vietnam; Environmental conditions and sustainable economic development in Vietnam in the decade leading to the new millennium; Poverty alleviation policy; Regional and rural-urban income disparities in the Vietnamese economy; Social sector reforms and development in Vietnam; Measuring multidimensional aspects of poverty: A case study of Ben Tre province; Conclusion; Continued roadmap to a market economy; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, written by economists of Vietnamese origin, is an extremely comprehensive collection on economic issues facing Vietnam. The spectrum of topics covered includes macroeconomics, microeconomics, international trade, agriculture, education, communication, institutional reforms, income distribution and poverty measurement.Themes include:* the success of Vietnam's Doi-Moi in the early 1990's * the slowdown of economic growth in recent years * the rapidly changing external environment due to globalization * the growing environmental degradation and income inequality