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Beyond trade: the impact of WTO transparency norms on socialist-oriented countries with an emphasis on Vietnam's legal reform

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Regardless of the debates on whether Western liberal democratic values explicitly conflict with Eastern culture in developing countries in Asia, the transparency norms have recently become internationally and domestically accepted and are considered to be a key component of good governance and policy efficiency in both the public and private sectors.

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  • Mai, Nhat Chi, 2016. "Beyond trade: the impact of WTO transparency norms on socialist-oriented countries with an emphasis on Vietnam's legal reform," OSF Preprints bgzhv, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:bgzhv
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/bgzhv
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