Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within the political
economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of …

What does the new phase of SOE reforms starting around 2016 tell us about economic and
institutional transformations and contradictions in Vietnam? In raising this question, we shed …

This article develops a computable general equilibrium model of Vietnam to assess the long-
run likely effects of the country's equitisation programs on its national economic outcomes …

The article examines the role of infrastructure, governance, and political stability in the
development of export-oriented manufacturing (eom) in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos …

The confluence of diplomacy, business, politics, and the social sciences has emerged as a
distinctive aspect of international relations in our dynamic global environment. In-depth …

Although Vietnam has achieved high rates of economic growth over two decades and
attained middle-income status in 2008, much of the country's economic structural changes …

This essay explores the complex nexus of diplomacy, business, politics, and social sciences,
illuminating the complex forces that define our modern world. It investigates the origins and …

This chapter studies effects of economic shocks on the productive performance of
manufacturing firms at Vietnam using the firm level data from 2004 to 2008. The chapter also …

Abstract This Master Thesis analyses whether the rural development programme from South
Korea in the 1960/70s (Saemaul Undong) is applicable to the current situation in the …

This chapter reviews some of the existing literature on urban water supply in developing
countries that points towards the importance of PPPs and decentralization in financing and …