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Provision of Health Care and Education in Transitional Asia: Key Issues and Lessons from Vietnam

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  • Paul Glewwe
  • Jennie Litvack

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This paper examines the impact of the transition to a market economy on health and education outcomes in transitional Asia, with particular focus on the case of Vietnam. After examining a variety of empirical evidence, several lessons emerge. First, protecting and improving health and education outcomes depends heavily on the success of economic reforms in generating income growth; strong economic growth generally increases outcomes. Second, the nature of the economy before the reforms has an important role in determining their overall impact.

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  • Paul Glewwe & Jennie Litvack, 1998. "Provision of Health Care and Education in Transitional Asia: Key Issues and Lessons from Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1998-147, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-1998-147
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    1. van de Walle, Dominique, 2004. "Testing Vietnam's public safety net," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 661-679, December.
    2. Dominique van de Walle, 2003. "Are Returns to Investment Lower for the Poor? Human and Physical Capital Interactions in Rural Vietnam," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(4), pages 636-653, November.
    3. Ranis, Gustav & Stewart, Frances, 2006. "Successful Transition towards a Virtuous Cycle of Human Development and Economic Growth: Country Studies," Center Discussion Papers 28396, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
    4. Van de Walle, Dominique, 2002. "The static and dynamic incidence of Vietnam's public safety net," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2791, The World Bank.

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