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  Anti-human trafficking program in Vietnam: trafficking in women and children from Vietnam to China: legal framework and government responses

  Human Trafficking, 2005

  As with many of its neighbours, human trafficking is a growing problem in Vietnam and China. This paper contributes to the current debate on development and humanitarian policy issues related to human trafficking. The study identifies the legal framework against human trafficking in Vietnam and China, and also explores governmental intervention on the issue in both countries.
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  Extra classes and learning outcomes of eight-year-old children in Vietnam

  Young Lives, 2005

  Primary school enrolment in Vietnam is high (91 per cent) but only 20 per cent of children receive a full day’s schooling. Additionally, the school year is short by international standards. The Vietnamese Government is committed to the provision of full shifts of primary education by 2015. The government has banned “illegal” extra classes run outside school administrations.
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  Internal migration, poverty and development in Asia including the excluded through partnerships and improved governance

  Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006

  This paper explores the relationship between internal migration and economic growth and development in Asia, concentrating on four countries – China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia – and looks at ways in which greatest benefit could be derived from internal migration. Although internal migration is by no means a new phenomenon, it has increased rapidly during the 1980s and 1990s and is continuing
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  Indigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.
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  If they get sick, they are in trouble: health care restructuring, user charges, and equity in Vietnam

  International Journal of Health Services, 2003

  This article, published in the International Journal of Health Services, examines the impact of economic and health policy reforms in the 1980s on Vietnam’s health care services, focusing on efficiency, access and equity.
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  Social and gender analysis in natural resource management: learning studies and lessons from Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2006

  This on-line book documents and reflects on the steps that researchers are taking to implement social and gender analysis, including questions of class, caste, and ethnicity, into their everyday work.
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  Policy and practice in Viet Nam

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The government of Viet Nam recognises 54 minority ethnic groups and languages. It expresses strong commitment to the development of its ethnic minority communities, about 13 percent of the population, which, however, have missed out on Viet Nam’s dramatic economic growth.The constitution says that all ethnic groups have the right to use their own languages.
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  Poverty alleviation and forests in Vietnam

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2005

  Vietnam, like many developing countries, has seen an emerging interest in knowing to what extent and in what ways poverty alleviation can be achieved through the use of forest resources. Simultaneously, there is a need to achieve a balance between poverty alleviation efforts and maintenance or expansion of forest cover.
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  Politics, science and shrimp farming – whose ‘objectivity’ counts?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Shrimp farming is a major industry in many developing countries, providing important foreign exchange and offering potential for economic development, particularly in rural areas. However, since the early 1990s, researchers, activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been protesting about its environmental and social impacts.
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  Protecting the marine environment: international assistance in the Vietnam Sea

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Vietnam’s marine environment is being degraded. This is because of the country’s economic development, population growth and human activities in coastal areas. Marine ecosystems are also suffering from pollution from other countries and climate change. The combined impact is habitat loss and declining resources for people who depend on this ecosystem.

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