Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)

Tarp, Finn

ISBN 10: 019879696X / ISBN 13: 9780198796961

Published by OUP Oxford, 2017

About this Item

Provides in-depth evaluation of the development of rural life in Viet Nam over the past decade, combining a unique primary source of time-series panel data with the best micro-econometric analytical tools available. Editor(s): Tarp, Finn. Series: Wider Studies in Development Economics. Num Pages: 336 pages, Figures and Tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTF; KCG; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626. . 2017. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019879696X
• ISBN 13: 9780198796961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Provides in-depth evaluation of the development of rural life in Viet Nam over the past decade, combining a unique primary source of time-series panel data with the best micro-econometric analytical tools available.

About the Author

Finn Tarp, Director, UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economic, University of Copenhagen

Finn Tarp is Director of UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen. He has some 38 years of experience in academic and applied development economics research, teaching, and policy analysis; and his field experience covers more than 20 years of in-country assignments in 35 countries across the developing world, including many years of work in Viet Nam. Finn Tarp has published widely in leading international academic journals alongside a series of books, and he is a member of the World Bank Chief Economist's Council of Eminent Persons. He has been awarded the Vietnamese Government Medals of Honour for 'Support to the Planning and Investment System' and the 'Cause of Science and Technology'.