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Briefing note

Mind the Gap: Countdown to Viet Nam’s accession to the WTO

01/12/2005

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, Vietnamese

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Viet Nam is entering its final stages of accession negotiations. Although it is unlikely that it will achieve the goal of joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the time of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December, negotiators want a swift end to the process. Analysis of progress made between the two Working Party […]

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Briefing paper

Do as I say, not as I do: The unfair terms for Viet Nam’s entry to the WTO

06/04/2005

4 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English, Vietnamese

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In 2005, its tenth year of accession negotiations, Viet Nam hopes to achieve full WTO membership. After 15 years of implementing legal, institutional, and economic reforms, together with the gradual liberalisation of international trade, Viet Nam has achieved macroeconomic stability, solid economic growth, and a halving of the incidence of poverty, from 58 per cent […]

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Briefing paper

Extortion at the gate: Will Viet Nam join the WTO on pro-development terms?

01/10/2004

2 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English, Vietnamese

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As Viet Nam negotiates entry to the World Trade Organisation, the world’s most powerful countries are working hard to exact the onerous ‘WTO-plus’ commitments which have become characteristic of accession proceedings. Membership could help Viet Nam to benefit from international trade, supporting its efforts to reduce poverty, but the demands from rich countries for excessive […]

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Research report

Landless and Near Landless Farmers in Two Provinces of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap: Problems and solutions

05/09/2002

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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According to many previous survey reports, the problem of landless and near landless farmers in Mekong Delta that were serious in 1998 seemed to be increased but slower in recent years in the surveyed areas. Most of them are very poor. The report by University of Economics (Hanoi) has revealed that ï¾“In 1997, 5.69% of […]

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Book

Economic Growth with Equity: Lessons from East Asia

01/01/1998

1 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English

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Economic Growth with Equity looks at the lessons to be learned from the East Asian countries which managed to combine economic growth with equity. It examines the social policies which enabled the benefits of growth and prosperity to be widely shared, though not by all. There are many who have been excluded from the general […]

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Book

Video for Development: A casebook from Vietnam

01/01/1998

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

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In an experiment in Vietnam in 1995, a team of NGO workers were trained in the use of video for participatory community development. The team then collaborated with local people to make three programmes about issues which the villagers identified themselves. The process of developing programmes, from research to filming and editing, encouraged the villagers […]

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Book

Vietnam: The price of peace

01/01/1992

9 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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Things are changing in Vietnam. Once a symbol of rigid Communism, the Government now encourages people to start up small businesses, and has opened the door to foreign companies. But a US ban on trade and aid has severely hampered efforts to rebuild after long years of war – and Vietnam remains one of the […]

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Book

Punishing the Poor: The international isolation of Kampuchea

01/01/1988

4 documents

193 pages long

Languages: English

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Punishing the poor traces the Kampuchean people’s struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery. Kampuchea urgently needs peace, and the resources for the Kampuchean people to rebuild […]

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