This paper discusses the progress that Vietnam has made toward meeting a core set of development goals that the government recently adopted as part of its Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS). These goals are strongly related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but...

This paper aims to present comparative elements in the “development” programs of Egypt circa 2016 and Pakistan circa 2019. It argues that a clear pattern of IMF “assistance” improves each country's economic fundamentals from a foreign investor (particularly sovereign bond investor)...