By international standards, and given its relatively low per capita income, Vietnam has achieved substantial reductions … inequalities in child survival are evident in Vietnam-a change from the early 1990s when none were apparent. The authors develop … progress among the poor will jeopardize Vietnam's chances of achieving the international development goals for child mortality …

Vietnam grew rapidly in the 1990s, and yet by many measures it has poor economic institutions. Dollar seeks to explain … this apparent anomaly. Between the 1980s and 1990s Vietnam carried out significant economic reforms, notably stabilization …. Relating these changes to the empirical growth literature, the author finds that Vietnam's growth acceleration is about what …

incidence of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization …, but the northwestern area of Vietnam is likely to lag behind. Furthermore, poverty can be shown to increase under …

Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic …

This paper uses small area estimation techniques to update Vietnam's province and district-level poverty map to 2009 … targeting have become more pronounced over time in Vietnam. Although poverty reduction in Vietnam has been impressive, further …