Challenging dynamics are unfolding in social-ecological systems around the globe as
society attempts to mitigate and adapt to climate change while sustaining rapid local …

The volume of literature recognizing the importance of rural credit in developing countries
has grown significantly in recent years. However, previous studies have mainly assumed …

Private sector development and the relationship between private firms and the state-owned
sector continue to figure prominently in the debate about poverty reduction. Growth of private …

Since its birth in 1970s, microcredit has been growing rapidly with the aim to reduce poverty
and to promote economic growth. Using the large panel data of the Vietnam Access to …

Living Standards in Southeast Asia: Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015
examines changes in living standards across the ten countries of Southeast Asia (Indonesia …

Using a nationally representative survey of cassava-growing households in Vietnam and a
robust method of varietal identification based on DNA fingerprinting, this paper provides a …

Economic statistics are central to global economic governance. They are the informational
background to the Sustainable Development Goals, conditional lending by international …

Over the past 30 years, Vietnam has experienced significant shifts of employment away from
agriculture toward manufacturing and services, away from household enterprises toward …

Background Tobacco consumption places a significant economic burden on households,
which is particularly severe in developing countries like Vietnam. In a country where the …

Abstract The Government of Brunei Darussalam aspires to place Brunei Darussalam
(hereafter Brunei) in the top ten countries with the highest quality of life by 2035. In line with …