Formal and informal institutions in a transition economy: The case of vietnam

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1603-1615

  Steer, Liesbet ^a   Sen, Kunal ^b  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutions; Private sector; Transactions risk; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIVATE SECTOR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77957316909     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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