The way biosphere reserve principles are applied in Vietnam was assessed through
analysis of legal documents and an online survey with 41 managers and staff members of …

Comparative political economy offers a wealth of hypotheses connecting decentralization to
improved public service delivery. In recent years, influential formal and experimental work …

This paper investigates the way Geographical Indications (GIs) are implemented by national
and local governments in Indonesia and Vietnam. The two States are active at all stages of …

Calls by political leaders, social activists, and international policy and aid actors for
accountability reforms to improve governance have never been more widespread. For some …

Decentralisation occupies an important space in debates over public-sector reform in doimoi
Vietnam. This article assesses the changing distribution of roles, responsibilities and …

Many anti-corruption initiatives face an inherent dilemma: the very actors which must adopt
and implement policies to curb corruption are those which may face weak, or even negative …

In the 1990s Vietnam achieved rapid overall growth that proved remarkably effective in
shrinking poverty without severely widening inequality. Average annual rates of per capita …

This article provides an analysis of the quasi-decentralized budgeting process used in
Vietnam as defined in the 2002 Law on the State Budget. Although the Government is …

Six decades ago, Vietnam was colonised by France after a long history of successive
dynasties tributary to the country's larger neighbour–China. During World War II, Vietnam …

Within the last twenty years a large-scale bottom-up privatization has taken place in
Vietnam, changing and dismantling the public health care system. This process has led to …