Business Formalization in Vietnam
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- Brian McCaig & Jordan Nanowski, 2019. "Business Formalisation in Vietnam," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(5), pages 805-821, May.
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Keywords
Informal; Formalization; Asia; Vietnam; Household business;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2018-03-05 (Business Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2018-03-05 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2018-03-05 (South East Asia)
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