The Changing Role of Non-Farm Household Enterprises in Vietnam

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 632-644

  Oostendorp, Remco H ^a   Trung, Tran Quoc ^b   Tung, Nguyen Thanh ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Planning and Investment   (Viet Nam)

^c Management Development Foundation (MDF) Indochina   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asia; household enterprises; income; inequality; trade liberalization; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INCOME; REGIONAL TRADE; TERMS OF TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 59649118046     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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