Viet Nam — a Transition Tiger?
Authored by: Brian Van Arkadie, Raymond MallonPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
Viet Nam has seen consistent rapid economic growth and impressive declines in poverty since it initiated its Doi Moi economic reforms in the late 1980s. Viet Nam has taken a selective, step-by-step approach to reform—an approach often criticised by proponents of the Washington Consensus. That this approach has been so successful has come as something of a surprise to much of the international community.
Analysing closely aspects of Viet Nam’s reform process, enterprise development, income growth and poverty alleviation, Viet Nam: a transition tiger? argues that Viet Nam’s remarkable development is not readily explained by the more orthodox versions of the Washington Consensus. Successful policy is not built on mechanistic replication of some general reform blueprint, but on responding pragmatically to specific national circumstances. Government policy has had an impact on economic performance but economic experience has also guided the formulation of economic policy. Faced with increasingly complex economic conditions, Vietnamese policymakers will need to rely more than ever on their flexibility and pragmatism if Viet Nam’s remarkable economic performance is to be sustained.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9780975122990
- ISBN (online):
- 9780975122921
- Publication date:
- Jan 2004
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/VNTT.01.2004
- Co-publisher:
- Asia Pacific Press
- Disciplines:
- Business & Economics; Social Sciences: Development Studies, Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration
- Countries:
- Southeast Asia: Vietnam
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Viet Nam and its recent experience with development
- Viet Nam’s development experience (PDF, 897KB)
- Geography, resources and population (PDF, 921KB)
- Economic performance and key issues (PDF, 891KB)
The Doi Moi process
- Prelude to reform: the attempted introduction of central planning (PDF, 896KB)
- Political institutions and economic management (PDF, 853KB)
- The introduction of Doi Moi (PDF, 898KB)
- Strategic building blocks of Doi Moi (PDF, 861KB)
- Ongoing reforms: building the institutions for macroeconomic management (PDF, 872KB)
Enterprise development
- Institutional change and business development (PDF, 913KB)
- State enterprises (PDF, 935KB)
- Household and private business development (PDF, 910KB)
Economic growth performance
Income growth and poverty alleviation
- Poverty alleviation (PDF, 874KB)
- Causes of continuing poverty (PDF, 833KB)
- Poverty, location and internal migration (PDF, 871KB)
Conclusion
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