HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Like many developing countries, Vietnam is dealing with challenges that are caused by its own success: Exponentially growing market demand and the influx of direct foreign investment - to a large degree due to Vietnam’s recent WTO accession - have caused shortages in the … Continue Reading…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Keeping good relations with China will certainly continue to be one of the Vietnamese government´s main priorities.
The reasons for this have been of political nature; but increasingly economic reasons take priority. While there are some success stories like Vietnamese companies winning back the local … Continue Reading…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam’s history with China has been long, complicated, and difficult. Vietnam’s future with China may also be long, complicated, and difficult.
The two countries produce many of the same kinds of goods, especially textiles. But China, with its billion-plus people, dwarfs Vietnam’s 85 million. China’s factories … Continue Reading…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — A few of our participants are also blogging their experiences in Vietnam.
The Atlantic Monthly’s Megan McArdle has touched on pollution, the labor market, and the communist legacy.
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Andrew Ross has written about the … Continue Reading…
HANOI, Vietnam — Life is pretty good for the members of the Hanoi Young Business Association.
The Vietnamese economy is booming, salaries and profits are rising, recent WTO accession has been a big step in the country’s increasingly open and internationally integrated market economy, … Continue Reading…
HANOI, Vietnam — Over the next week, this blog space will see some posts from Vietnam and Cambodia, where a few GMF staffers are accompanying a group of American and European journalists to the region to look at trade, development, aid, economics, and other issues. We’ll attempt to get at … Continue Reading…
WASHINGTON — The news from Afghanistan on the counter-narcotics front is bad. Opium production from Afghanistan’s 408,000 acres of poppy rose almost 50% in 2006, contributing to global heroin production that set a new record high of 606 metric tons in 2006. The effort to stop the growing and production … Continue Reading…
WASHINGTON — Arvind Subramanian’s recent WSJ op-ed “A Farewell to Alms” is one in a series of articles that lately has helped to elevate the visibility of the aid effectiveness debate. Subramanian and Raghuram Rajan’s research shows that aid has adverse effects on … Continue Reading…
Growing up during a decade of violence and its resulting aftereffects, the youngest generations in the Western Balkans have felt the brunt of the consequences. Unlike many of their parents, particularly those in the former Yugoslavia who benefited from the now legendary passports that allowed travel in both the … Continue Reading…
French Prime Minister François Fillon gave his “policy declaration” in front of the National Assembly yesterday afternoon. This is a classical exercise in the French system: at the beginning of their mandate, French Prime Ministers have to expose their plans to the national representation and explain the main policy directions.
Few … Continue Reading…