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Ten Puzzles and Surprises Economic and Social Change in Vietnam, 1993-1998

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  • Jonathan Haughton

    (Department of Economics, Suffolk University)

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Between 1993 and 1998 Vietnam's GDP grew by 8.9% annually. Recently-available household survey data of high quality show several apparently surprising changes: the total fertility rate fell rapidly from 3.2 to 1.8, son preference has almost disappeared, child stunting fell from 53% to 34% among under-fives, the open unemployment rate is just 1.6%, teenage girls are more likely to be at school and at work, more people report being sick, poverty rates have plummeted, and rural lenders also borrow. Two broad conclusions emerge. Vietnam is undergoing rapid social change. And when the changes are compared with neighboring countries, especially China, they largely cease to be puzzling or surprising. Comparative Economic Studies (2000) 42, 67–92. doi:10.1057/ces.2000.24

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  • Jonathan Haughton, 2000. "Ten Puzzles and Surprises Economic and Social Change in Vietnam, 1993-1998," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 42(4), pages 67-92, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:42:y:2000:i:4:p:67-92
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    1. Van Ha, Nguyen & Kant, Shashi & Maclaren, Virginia, 2006. "Relative shadow prices of social capital for household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(3), pages 520-533, May.
    2. Sepehri, A. & Akram-Lodhi, A.H., 2002. "A crouching tiger? A hidden dragon? Transition, savings and growth in Vietnam, 1975-2006," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19104, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.
    3. Van Ha, Nguyen & Kant, Shashi & Maclaren, Virginia, 2008. "Shadow prices of environmental outputs and production efficiency of household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 98-110, March.

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