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The RIM Initiative in Vietnam: ‘Prioritise Rapid Results rather than Publishable Results’

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The 2009 Rapid Impact Monitoring (RIM) initiative in Vietnam was one of a number of studies undertaken in East Asia and Pacific...

Reducing Poverty in the First 18 Years of Life: Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty in Vietnam

Published by: IDS

This research brief presents findings from a mixed methods research project on monetary and multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam.

Reducing Poverty in the First 18 Years of Life: Vietnam

Published by: IDS

This illustration presents findings from a research project on monetary and multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam based on survey data from the Government Statistical Office (GSO) from 2004, 2006 and 2008 and discussions with 78 children and 145 adults in Mekong River Delta Region in October 2013.

Drivers of Economic Reform in Vietnam’s Provinces

Allowing provinces to find their own way forward was central to Vietnam's progress in institutional and economic development. This article examines who drives this process of economic reform and finds that, in those provinces making the most progress, the private sector played an important role, not against, but with government.

Research Methods and Visualisation Tools for Online LGBT Communities

Published by: IDS

Field research among geographically dispersed communities is time-consuming and costly. When people are stigmatised, field research has additional ethical and logistical problems. In many countries lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (people are both geographically dispersed and stigmatised.

Negotiating Public and Legal Spaces: The Emergence of an LGBT Movement in Vietnam

Published by: IDS

Vietnam’s laws, policies and decrees do not explicitly discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals but their rights are not legally protected and they are socially marginalised.

Squeezed – Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, Year 1 Results

Published by: IDS and Oxfam

The first year results of a four-year study on how food price volatility affects everyday life find important changes in people's wellbeing and development.

Squeezed – Highlights from Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, Year 1 Results

Published by: IDS and Oxfam

This document is the highlights report for the first year results of a four-year study on how food price volatility affects everyday life find important changes in people's wellbeing and development.

Does Better Provincial Governance Boost Private Investment in Vietnam?

Published by: IDS

A large literature asserts a causal relationship between the quality of economic governance and economic performance. However, attempts to establish such a link at an aggregate level have met with considerable methodological criticism.