Household enterprises in Vietnam survival, growth, and living standards

Two-fifths of the household enterprises that operated in Vietnam in 1993 were still in business in 1998, after five years of rapid economic growth. Constrained by lack of education, credit, and effective demand in poor areas, and squeezed by the lure of wage labor in rich areas, household enterprise...

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Main Author: Vijverberg, Wim P. M.
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Haughton, Jonathan Henry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C World Bank, Development Research Group, Macroeconomics and Growth 2002
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Two-fifths of the household enterprises that operated in Vietnam in 1993 were still in business in 1998, after five years of rapid economic growth. Constrained by lack of education, credit, and effective demand in poor areas, and squeezed by the lure of wage labor in rich areas, household enterprises are most prominent when agriculture is declining in importance but before the formal sector becomes established
Item Description:"February 2002. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27). - Title from title screen as viewed on June 4, 2002