Trade liberalization and poverty dynamics in Vietnam 2002-2006

Barbara Coello, Madior Fall and Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann
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Barbara Coello: Banque Mondiale - Banque Mondiale
Madior Fall: PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Afristat - AFRISTAT

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Abstract: This paper shows the evolution of poverty in Vietnam during the deepening of trade liberalization and examines the impact of trade-related variables at the household level. The study is based on a panel dataset of households followed in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Trade-related variables at the household level are defined as the household specialization in terms of production and employment with respect to the type of jobs (wage earners or self-employed) and sectors (import-competing or exported manufactured goods, services, and in agriculture, rice, exported, subsistence and import-competing crops). For the poor, besides the expected positive impact of working in an export-related sector (in industry and in agriculture), diversification in self-employed non-farm activities appears to have been efficient at alleviating poverty. Moreover, the import-competing sectors (in industry and in agriculture) play also a positive role in poverty alleviation. The latter channel could be hindered in the near future, as Vietnam is now in the process of decreasing its import protection.

Keywords: trade liberalization; poverty dynamics; Vietnam; libéralisation commerciale; dynamique de la pauvreté (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05
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Working Paper: Trade Liberalization And Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam 2002-2006 (2010)
Working Paper: Trade Liberalization And Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam 2002-2006 (2010)
Working Paper: Trade liberalization and poverty dynamics in Vietnam 2002-2006 (2010)
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