The Vietnamese Economy: Awakening the Dormant Dragon (Routledge Studies in Growth Economies of Asia, 41)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 13
List of tables......Page 14
List of contributors......Page 17
Foreword......Page 22
Preface......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 26
Abbreviations......Page 27
Overview......Page 30
Introduction and summary......Page 32
Doi Moi: Past, present and future development issues......Page 42
Economic development in Vietnam during the second half of the twentieth century: How to avoid the danger of lagging behind......Page 44
A decade of Doi Moi in retrospect: 1989  99......Page 59
Investment and growth: A simple macroeconomic projection for 2001  10......Page 82
Fiscal policy options for the period 2001  5......Page 103
Economic growth, social consensus and coordination......Page 118
The Vietnamese economy in a global context......Page 132
Economic openness and the gains from international trade and investment: The case of Vietnam......Page 134
Vietnam's international economic integration: Impacts and implications......Page 153
Trade policy under globalization and regionalization......Page 166
The Chinese economic model: Some tentative conclusions for Vietnam......Page 186
Foreign direct investment and economic development: The Vietnamese experience......Page 205
Sectoral policies and institutional reforms......Page 228
Agriculture: A strategy for market development......Page 230
Education reform and economic development in Vietnam......Page 243
The ICT industry, structural reform and labor productivity: Lessons for the developing countries......Page 261
Public administration and civil service reforms in Vietnam......Page 274
Environmental conditions and sustainable economic development in Vietnam in the decade leading to the new millennium......Page 296
Poverty alleviation policy......Page 310
Regional and rural-urban income disparities in the Vietnamese economy......Page 312
Social sector reforms and development in Vietnam......Page 330
Measuring multidimensional aspects of poverty: A case study of Ben Tre province......Page 353
Conclusion......Page 378
Continued roadmap to a market economy......Page 380
Index......Page 398