Caught between plan and market: Vietnam's housing reform in the transition to a market economy

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-323

  Tran, Hoai Anh ^a   Yip, Ngai Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Housing reform; Transitional economy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649877814     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140802301765     Document Type: Article

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