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Globalization and poverty in Vietnam: Introduction and overview

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The papers in this special issue present results from three research projects on Vietnam looking, respectively, at poverty dynamics; globalization, production and poverty; and at foreign direct investment. Vietnam has seen a striking reduction in poverty since its opening to the outside world in the early 1990s under its doi moi economic reform programme, and evidence for this poverty reduction is not sensitive to where the poverty line is drawn. Inequality, however, has risen. An important part of Vietnam’s reform programme has been the rapid development of labour-intensive manufactured exports such as garments and footwear, partly driven by foreign investment, while the domestic market has remained quite protected. Employment growth has been disappointing, though, since Vietnamese industry has been shedding labour as it catches up with world standards of productivity.

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  • John Thoburn, 2004. "Globalization and poverty in Vietnam: Introduction and overview," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 127-144.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:9:y:2004:i:2:p:127-144
    DOI: 10.1080/1354786042000207290
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    1. Kokko, Ari & Sjöholm, Fredrik, 2004. "The Internationalization of Vietnamese SMEs," EIJS Working Paper Series 193, Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies, revised 14 Oct 2004.
    2. Abbott, Philip & Bentzen, Jeanet & Huong, Thi Lan & Tarp, Finn, 2007. "A Critical Review of Studies on the Social and Economic Impacts of Vietnam’s International Economic Integration," MPRA Paper 29789, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Rhys Jenkins, 2005. "Globalization, Production and Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-40, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Scott R. Sanders & David L. Brown, 2014. "Escaping Poverty in Post‐Socialist Vietnam: Does Place Matter?," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(4), pages 332-353, December.
    5. Huck-ju Kwon & Eunju Kim, 2014. "Poverty Reduction and Good Governance: Examining the Rationale of the Millennium Development Goals," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 45(2), pages 353-375, March.
    6. Agus Dwi Nugroho & Priya Rani Bhagat & Robert Magda & Zoltan Lakner, 2021. "The impacts of economic globalization on agricultural value added in developing countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(11), pages 1-23, November.
    7. John Thoburn, 2009. "Vietnam as a Role Model for Development," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2009-30, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    8. Andries Bezuidenhout & Grace Khunou & Sarah Mosoetsa & Kirsten Sutherland & John Thoburn, 2007. "Globalisation and poverty: impacts on households of employment and restructuring in the textiles industry of South Africa," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 19(5), pages 545-565.
    9. Yoon Heo & Nguyen Khanh Doanh, 2009. "Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(6), pages 934-964, June.

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