The private car comes with promises of modernity and comfortable mobility for the growing
middle class in Vietnam. Vietnam's government has also targeted the domestic automobile …

This introductory chapter outlines developments in China, Vietnam and Laos over the recent
decades and places these cases in the literature on development as well as in the …

Vietnam has experienced a gradual process of institutional transition combined with rapid
economic growth since the Doi Moi reform in 1986. In recent years, the government has …

It is difficult, if not impossible, to satisfactorily answer the question 'Why does poverty
persist?'Nonetheless, there appear to be two approaches that can provide a useful start …

Hanoi used to be famous for tranquil streets filled with bicycles. Bicycles were first imported
during French colonial times (see Arnold and Dewald, 2011), but remained vital to mobility …

This article locates the political economy of Southeast Asia's highly uneven and constrained
development within the context of capitalism generally and, in particular, capitalism in its …

Over the last decades bicycles have been substituted for motorbikes1 at a remarkable pace
in Vietnam. The whole country is now seemingly driving motorbikes, and statistics show that …

Dalla fine degli anni 2000 la Banca Mondiale ha promosso un nuovo concetto nel dibattito
sullo sviluppo economico–la «trappola del medio reddito»–prendendo a riferimento …

SEATIDE brought together fifty researchers from nine European and Southeast Asian
institutions to research national and regional integration in Southeast Asia. Its conclusions …

This policy brief looks at the nexus between current models of industrial development in
Southeast Asia and the quality of working conditions. On the basis of an extensive field study …