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    Pensions at a glance: Asia/pacific edition

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    Asia's pension systems need modernising urgently to ensure that they are financially sustainable and will provide adequate retirement incomes.  A core concern of this study is the social sustainability of pensions - the future adequacy of pension benefits, the impact of pension reforms on the distribution of income among older people, and ways of combating old-age poverty.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Aging, poverty, and social pension in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    In Vietnam, a social pension scheme was implemented in 2004 to provide a monthly benefit to the elderly aged 90 and over who did not have a contributory pension. In April 2007, the eligible age was revised to 85 and over. Impacts of the current scheme have been limited in terms of both coverage and poverty reduction.
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    Demographic changes and pension finances in Vietnam

    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2008
    This paper aims to provide a long-term financial vision for the Vietnamese pension scheme using stochastic modelling for key variables under an actuarial framework. In particular, it projects the pension fund balances in order to determine whether the scheme will be financially sustainable.
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    Improving the foreign direct investment capacity of the mountainous provinces in Viet Nam

    Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 2008
    This study assesses impediments to private sector growth in Northern Mountainous Provinces (NMPs) of Vietnam which are also similar to many emerging market economies. Though this region has huge potentials to develop, but poor economic infrastructure, remote location and bad foreign direct investment (FDI) climate have hindered the FDI inflows.
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    Poverty targeting and impact of a governmental micro-credit program in Vietnam

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007
    To alleviate the constraints faced by the poor in the credit market, the Vietnamese government has set up the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP). However, VBSP's microcredit programme with preferential access to the poor is not very targeted on the poor: only 12 percent of poor households in rural areas participate
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    Supermarkets and the poor in Vietnam

    Making markets work better for the poor, 2006
    The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the dominant retail mode. Poor consumers also often reject shopping at supermarkets because of freshness concerns. For many, supermarkets serve as pure entertainment.
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    The Prosperity Initiative (PI)

    The Prosperity Initiative's goal is to unlock the potential of select industries, creating durable economic choice and a route out of poverty for millions of people. Key strategies:
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    Institutions and private sector development in Vietnam

    The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
    Vietnam's macroeconomic success has largely been driven by the expansion of the private sector and thus by the micro level. Microeconomic foundations of strong macroeconomic performance included formal recognition of private property rights, the right of doing business and competition laws.
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    Vietnam: increasing access to credit through collateral (secured transactions) reform

    World Bank, 2007
    This report analyses Vietnam's secured transactions framework and the decade-long reform efforts within the context of global best practices. It is based mainly on the financial sector survey, a series of individual and focus group meetings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, analysis of the Vietnamese laws, and international best-practice reviews.

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