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The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Vietnam

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  • Chiara Cazzuffi
  • Andy McKay
  • Emilie Perge

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The past 30 years have seen a consistent increase in agricultural commercialization in rural Vietnam, at the same time when rural residents have moved increasingly into non-agricultural activities. The contribution of the latter to welfare improvement and poverty reduction is well known; in this paper we investigate the extent to which increased agricultural commercialization has also contributed to improving welfare levels.

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  • Chiara Cazzuffi & Andy McKay & Emilie Perge, 2018. "The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-130, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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