Reform, growth, and poverty in Vietnam

Vietnam grew rapidly in the 1990s, and yet by many measures it has poor economic institutions. Dollar seeks to explain this apparent anomaly. Between the 1980s and 1990s Vietnam carried out significant economic reforms, notably stabilization, the introduction of positive real interest rates, trade l...

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Main Author: Dollar, David
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2002
Series:Policy research working paper no. 2837
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