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  1. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Vietnam

    Are the household characteristics that
    are good for transition to a more diversified
    market-oriented development process in Vietnam also
    important for reducing poverty? Or are there tradeoffs? The
    determinants of both poverty incidence and participation in
    rural off-farm activities are modeled as functions of
    household and community characteristics using comprehensive
    national household surveys for 1993 and 1998. Despite some

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Thailand

    Following the East Asian financial
    crisis, the Bank's involvement in Thailand intensified,
    enabling a multifaceted stabilization, and structural reform
    dialogue, which deepened the economic, financial, and sector
    knowledge of the country. The study benefits from this
    analytical work, and provides an overview on the ongoing
    policy dialogue, regarding short- and medium-term reform,
    through a number of instruments. To promote longer-term

  3. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Laos

    Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of
    non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is
    one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber
    products provide more than half of family income. The sector
    contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more
    of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of
    government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Laos

    Forestry contributes 7-10 percent of Lao
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 15-20 percent of
    non-agricultural GDP. In rural areas forest exploitation is
    one of the few available economic activities, and non-timber
    products provide more than half of family income. The sector
    contributes 34 percent of total export value, and even more
    of net foreign exchange. Forestry royalties as a share of
    government revenues have decreased from 20 percent in the

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam

    This study reviews the available
    quantitative and qualitative information on urban poverty
    issues and trends in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region,
    with particular focus on Indonesia, the Philippines, and
    Vietnam. The review is a desk study-which is limited to
    material accessible to the Bank in Washington and draws
    mainly on existing field work and other published and
    unpublished papers. The empirical analysis focuses on the

  6. Library Resource
    May, 2014
    Indonesia

    The authors evaluate the impact of
    farmer field schools, an intensive participatory training
    program emphasizing integrated pest management. Their
    evaluation focuses on whether participation in the program
    has improved yields and reduced pesticide use among
    graduates and their neighbors who may have gained knowledge
    from graduates through informal communications. The authors
    use panel data covering the period 1991-99 in Indonesia.

  7. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Indonesia, Global

    This case study is one of six
    evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's
    1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil,
    Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, and India) complement a review
    of the entire set of lending and nonlending activities of
    the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. A
    review of World Bank assistance to Indonesia in the forest
    sector since 1991 faces two challenges. The first is

  8. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Philippines

    Using household survey data for 1998, the authors assess the distributional impact of the recent economic crisis in the Philippines. The results suggest that the impact of the crisis was modest, leading to a five percent reduction in average living standards, and a nine percent increase in the incidence of poverty - with larger increases indicated for the depth, and severity of poverty. The greater shock came from El Nino, rather than through the labor market. The labor market shock was progressive (reducing inequality) while El Nino shock was regressive (increasing inequality).

  9. Library Resource
    February, 2015
    Vietnam

    Since Vietnam's adoption of the doi moi or renovation policy in 1986, the country has been undergoing the transition from central planning to a socialist market-oriented economy. This has translated into strong economic growth, led by the industrial sector, which expanded more than 13 percent a year from 1993 to 1997. Vietnamese policymakers are concerned, however, that employment growth has lagged.

  10. Library Resource
    July, 2015
    Vietnam

    Vietnam's ethnic minorities, who tend to
    live mostly in remote rural areas, typically have lower
    living standards than the ethnic majority. How much is this
    because of differences in economic characteristics (such as
    education levels and land) rather than low returns to
    characteristics? Is there a self-reinforcing culture of
    poverty in the minority groups, reflecting patterns of past
    discrimination? The authors find that differences in levels

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