Growth, structural transformation, and rural change in Viet Nam : a rising dragon on the move / edited by Finn Tarp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tarp, Finn, 1951- editor.

Series:

Studies in development economics

UNU-WIDER studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Vietnam.

Rural development.

Economic conditions.

Vietnam.

Vietnam--Economic conditions--21st century.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press 2017.

Summary:

"Many developing countries--Viet Nam included--continue to struggle to raise incomes per capita. A common feature of the growth and development process is a fundamental change in the pattern of economic activity, as households reallocate labour from traditional agriculture to more productive forms of agriculture and modern industrial and service sectors. Broad structural transformation and widespread poverty reduction is the combined result of these large-scale shifts in work and labour allocation when they realise desired development goals. The roots of this volume grow from when the first pilot Viet Nam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) was carried out in 2002. 00The success of this inspired the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) in Hanoi, the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (CAP-IPSARD), the Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA), and the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) of the University of Copenhagen, together with Danida and later on UNU-WIDER, to plan and carry out a more ambitious VARHS from 2006, increasing coverage and representativeness to more than 2,150 families and 12 provinces across the various regions of Viet Nam. The VARHS covering these very same households had by 2014 been carried out five times, i.e. every two years. It is on this high quality panel data foundation and almost 15 years of study and policy work using the VARHS data the present volume builds, in its effort to bring out the essential rural micro-economic characteristics and insights of a dynamic South-East Asian economy in transition from a centrally planned towards a more market based economy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Viet Nam: Setting the Scene / Finn Tarp Tarp, Finn 1

2 Characteristics of the VARHS Data and Other Data Sources / Kasper Brandt Brandt, Kasper, Finn Tarp Tarp, Finn 26

Part I A Rural Economy Transformation

3 Local Transformation: A Commume-Level Analysis / Ulrik Beck Beck, Ulrik 51

4 Commercialization in Agriculture, 2006-14 / Chiara Cazzuffi Cazzuffi, Chiara, Andy McKay McKay, Andy, Emilie Perge Perge, Emilie 68

5 The Rural Non-Farm Economy / Christina Kinghan Kinghan, Christina, Carol Newman Newman, Carol 91

Part II Key Production Factors and Institutions

6 Land Issues: Markets, Property Rights, and Investment / Thomas Markussen Markussen, Thomas 117

7 Labour and Migration / Gaia Narciso Narciso, Gaia 139

8 Information and Communication Technology / Heidi Kaila Kaila, Heidi 158

9 Social and Political Capital / Thomas Markussen Markussen, Thomas 181

Part III Welfare Outcomes and Distribution issues

10 Welfare Dynamics: 2006-14 / Andy McKay McKay, Andy, Finn Tarp Tarp, Finn 205

11 Gender Inequality and the Empowerment of Women / Carol Newman Newman, Carol 222

12 Children and Youths / Gala Narciso Narciso, Gala, Carol Newman Newman, Carol 237

13 Ethnic Disadvantage: Evidence Using Panel Data / Saurabh Singhal Singhal, Saurabh, Ulrik Beck Beck, Ulrik 256

14 Lessons Learnt and Policy Implications / Finn Tarp Tarp, Finn 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198796961

019879696X

OCLC:

955313461