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Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and aid packages: Evidence from Viet NamIn view of the detrimental effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on household welfare, most countries implemented economic stimulus aid packages to support households...
COVID-19 Social assistance LockdownWorkshop
VNMOD retreatThe fourth training event on VNMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use VNMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
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Does an effective government lower COVID-19’s health impact?: Evidence from Viet NamGovernment effectiveness has played an important role in tackling the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
COVID-19 Pandemic State effectivenessWorking Paper
Programme-135: addressing poverty and inequality in Viet NamViet Nam has achieved remarkable economic growth and poverty reduction since the Doi Moi. However, ethnic minorities and the ethnic majority do not benefit equally from the national economic progress...
Poverty reduction Inequality Ethnic minoritiesReport
SOUTHMOD country report Viet Nam - VNMOD v2.3This report documents VNMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Viet Nam. This work has been carried out by the Central Institute for Economic Management ( CIEM ) in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and SASPRI...
Tax benefits Microsimulation Viet NamBlog
Seeking asylum from nowhere— how origin shapes the context of receptionAfghanistan is the world’s newest nowhere , a predicament that will shape the evacuation and resettlement prospects for millions of people for the foreseeable future. What does it mean to call Afghanistan a ‘nowhere’?...
Refugees Forced migration Global Governance and ConflictWorking Paper
Forecasting recovery from COVID-19 using financial data: An application to Viet NamWe develop a new methodology to nowcast the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and forecast its evolution in small, export-oriented countries...
COVID-19 Pandemic ForecastingPresentation
Maria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu to present in YoDEV Webinar SeriesMaria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu will present their work from the Social mobility in the Global South project on intergenerational mobility in Viet Nam. This presentation is a part of the Young Development Economists Webinar Series and will take place at 15...
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Formalization and productivity: Firm-level evidence from Viet NamUsing a firm-level panel dataset on private small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam’s manufacturing sector, this paper examines productivity dynamics of formal and informal firms...
Formalization Productivity Firm productivityWorking Paper
Political connections and firm's formalization: Evidence from Viet NamThe literature shows that political connections have different effects on firms’ activities. However, the question of how political connections affect firms’ formalization has not been explored...
Political connections Formalization Viet NamResearch Brief
Journal Article
Rental markets, gender, and land certificates: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Land use certificates Land rental markets GenderJournal Article
Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestationPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Deforestation Agricultural productivity Land tenureJournal Article
Tenurial security and agricultural investment: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Introduction to understanding agricultural development and change
Investment Land Land rightsJournal Article
The impact of agricultural commercialisation on household welfare in rural VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Commercialization Smallholders RiceJournal Article
Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculturePart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Viet Nam Agriculture Misallocation