Books reviewed: Michael Borowitz, Elizabeth Wiley, Fadia Saadah and Enis Baris, Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific Paul Glewwe, Nisha Agrawal and David Dollar (eds), Economic Growth, Poverty, and Household Welfare in Vietnam Will Martin and Mari Pangestu, Options for Global Trade...

Book reviews Dani Rodrik (ed.), In Search of Prosperity: Analytical Narratives on Economic Growth. Dirk Steinwand and Martina Wiedmaier-Pfister (eds), The Challenge of Sustainable Outreach: How Can Public Banks Contribute to Outreach in Rural Areas? Five Case Studies from Asia. Takamasa Akiyama...

This report presents the results of an competitiveness enterprise survey, highlighting the main findings relevant to the issue of competitiveness in Vetnam. the final sample for analysis included 146 enterprises from four industry sectors (electricity, mechanical engineering, foodstuff and...

This report follows up on a 1996 UNDP survey of microfinance activity in Vietnam. The need was not simply because of the five-year time lapse, but also because the larger multilateral donors were showing interest in funding microfinance activity, and it was therefore a good time to survey the...