Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003

The focus of the report, combined with Vietnam's remarkable long-term growth potential, presents a favorable outlook, suggesting the effects of the East Asian crisis are over. The country is committed to socially inclusive development, and, tr...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ADB
AIR
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2072625/viet-nam-delivering-promise-development-report-2003
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADB
ADMINISTRATION REFORM
ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
ANALYTICAL WORK
AUDITING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BLOCK GRANTS
BOOK VALUE
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL FORMATION
CENTRAL BANKING
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONCESSIONAL TERMS
CONSENSUS
CONSOLIDATION
CORRUPTION
CREDIT POLICIES
CURRENCY UNIT
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
DEBT RELIEF
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DEVOLUTION
DISABILITIES
DISASTERS
DISCLOSURE
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DONOR REPRESENTATIVES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ENACTMENT
ENTERPRISE REFORM
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTORS
FISCAL
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL YEAR
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN TRADE
FORMAL ECONOMY
GIRLS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFORMAL SECTOR
INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT
INTEREST RATES
INTERMEDIARIES
INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERVENTION
JUDICIARY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF CLARITY
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL REFORM
LEGISLATION
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LIQUIDATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL LEVEL
LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES
LONG TERM
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MALNUTRITION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGERS
MARKET ECONOMY
MIGRANTS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MORTALITY
NATIONS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NEW ENTRANTS
NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
OIL
OVERALL EXPENDITURE
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MEASURES
POLLUTION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIORITY ACTIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ACTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUPILS
RATING AGENCIES
REAL TERMS
RECAPITALIZATION
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE USE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POOR
SAVINGS
SECTOR MINISTRIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL EQUITY
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOVEREIGN RISK
STATE SECTOR
STATE- OWNED ENTERPRISES
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STRUCTURAL REFORM
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSING
WASTE
WORKERS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
INEQUITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
VULNERABLE GROUPS
REFORM IMPLEMENTATION
ECONOMIC REFORM
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS
GOVERNANCE CAPACITY
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
BUDGETARY POLICY
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
DECENTRALIZATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EXTERNAL FINANCE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADB
ADMINISTRATION REFORM
ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AIR
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
ANALYTICAL WORK
AUDITING
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BLOCK GRANTS
BOOK VALUE
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUDGET FORMULATION
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL FORMATION
CENTRAL BANKING
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONCESSIONAL TERMS
CONSENSUS
CONSOLIDATION
CORRUPTION
CREDIT POLICIES
CURRENCY UNIT
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
DEBT RELIEF
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION-MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
DEVOLUTION
DISABILITIES
DISASTERS
DISCLOSURE
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DONOR REPRESENTATIVES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC REFORM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ENACTMENT
ENTERPRISE REFORM
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTORS
FISCAL
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL YEAR
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN TRADE
FORMAL ECONOMY
GIRLS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFORMAL SECTOR
INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT
INTEREST RATES
INTERMEDIARIES
INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERVENTION
JUDICIARY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LACK OF CLARITY
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND REDISTRIBUTION
LAND REFORM
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL REFORM
LEGISLATION
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LIQUIDATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL LEVEL
LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES
LONG TERM
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MALNUTRITION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGERS
MARKET ECONOMY
MIGRANTS
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MORTALITY
NATIONS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
NEW ENTRANTS
NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
OIL
OVERALL EXPENDITURE
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY MEASURES
POLLUTION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIORITY ACTIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC ACTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUPILS
RATING AGENCIES
REAL TERMS
RECAPITALIZATION
REPRESENTATIVES
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE USE
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POOR
SAVINGS
SECTOR MINISTRIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SOCIAL EQUITY
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOVEREIGN RISK
STATE SECTOR
STATE- OWNED ENTERPRISES
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
STRUCTURAL REFORM
STRUCTURAL REFORMS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSING
WASTE
WORKERS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY INCIDENCE
INEQUITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
VULNERABLE GROUPS
REFORM IMPLEMENTATION
ECONOMIC REFORM
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS
GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS
GOVERNANCE CAPACITY
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
BUDGETARY POLICY
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
DECENTRALIZATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EXTERNAL FINANCE
World Bank
Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
description The focus of the report, combined with Vietnam's remarkable long-term growth potential, presents a favorable outlook, suggesting the effects of the East Asian crisis are over. The country is committed to socially inclusive development, and, translates a vision of transition towards a market economy, with socialist orientation into concrete public actions, emphasizing the transition should be pro-poor, noting this will require investments in the rural, and lagging regions, and a more gradual reform implementation, than often recommended. However, challenges identified include, first, further progress in economic reform - fast progress in liberalizing foreign trade, and integrating with world economy is increasingly at odds with the slowdown of state-owned enterprise reform. Second, poverty alleviation may be endangered - for in the absence of vigorous action, inequality is likely to increase. And, third, improving the quality of governance faces an economic inefficient mismatch, reflected by its legal framework, budgetary system, and administrative structures, resulting from the inherited centrally-planned economy. The report reviews the increasing inequalities, and the need to redress imbalances, indicating that - although needed - economic reforms, trade liberalization, and the transformation of state-owned enterprises, may create losers, while many of the gains of the last decade remain fragile. The Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS) identified key decisions that need to be made, supported by strong inter-ministerial coordination for its implementation, namely rolling out to provincial, district, and commune levels in order to better align priorities, and expenditures to the national development goals, supported by external assistance.
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
title_short Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
title_full Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
title_fullStr Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
title_full_unstemmed Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003
title_sort vietnam - delivering on its promise : development report 2003
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2072625/viet-nam-delivering-promise-development-report-2003
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15331
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spelling okr-10986-153312021-04-23T14:03:15Z Vietnam - Delivering on Its Promise : Development Report 2003 World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADB ADMINISTRATION REFORM ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANALYTICAL WORK AUDITING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BLOCK GRANTS BOOK VALUE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET FORMULATION BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL FORMATION CENTRAL BANKING CITIZENS CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL BANKS CONCESSIONAL TERMS CONSENSUS CONSOLIDATION CORRUPTION CREDIT POLICIES CURRENCY UNIT CURRENT EXPENDITURES DEBT RELIEF DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEVOLUTION DISABILITIES DISASTERS DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC DEMAND DONOR REPRESENTATIVES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC REFORM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENACTMENT ENTERPRISE REFORM ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FISCAL FISCAL STANCE FISCAL YEAR FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FORMAL ECONOMY GIRLS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCREASED INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INTEREST RATES INTERMEDIARIES INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERVENTION JUDICIARY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LACK OF CLARITY LAND DEGRADATION LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL REFORM LEGISLATION LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LIQUIDATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALNUTRITION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGERS MARKET ECONOMY MIGRANTS MINISTRY OF FINANCE MORTALITY NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEW ENTRANTS NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT OIL OVERALL EXPENDITURE POLICY ACTIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY MAKERS POLICY MEASURES POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIORITY ACTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ACTIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SERVICE PUPILS RATING AGENCIES REAL TERMS RECAPITALIZATION REPRESENTATIVES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE USE RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SECTOR MINISTRIES SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL EQUITY SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECTORS SOVEREIGN RISK STATE SECTOR STATE- OWNED ENTERPRISES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL REFORM STRUCTURAL REFORMS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSING WASTE WORKERS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY INCIDENCE INEQUITY ECONOMIC GROWTH TRANSITION ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY TRADE LIBERALIZATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS REFORM IMPLEMENTATION ECONOMIC REFORM STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES POVERTY ALLEVIATION MECHANISMS GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS GOVERNANCE CAPACITY LEGAL FRAMEWORK BUDGETARY POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY INTERAGENCY COORDINATION DECENTRALIZATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EXTERNAL FINANCE The focus of the report, combined with Vietnam's remarkable long-term growth potential, presents a favorable outlook, suggesting the effects of the East Asian crisis are over. The country is committed to socially inclusive development, and, translates a vision of transition towards a market economy, with socialist orientation into concrete public actions, emphasizing the transition should be pro-poor, noting this will require investments in the rural, and lagging regions, and a more gradual reform implementation, than often recommended. However, challenges identified include, first, further progress in economic reform - fast progress in liberalizing foreign trade, and integrating with world economy is increasingly at odds with the slowdown of state-owned enterprise reform. Second, poverty alleviation may be endangered - for in the absence of vigorous action, inequality is likely to increase. And, third, improving the quality of governance faces an economic inefficient mismatch, reflected by its legal framework, budgetary system, and administrative structures, resulting from the inherited centrally-planned economy. The report reviews the increasing inequalities, and the need to redress imbalances, indicating that - although needed - economic reforms, trade liberalization, and the transformation of state-owned enterprises, may create losers, while many of the gains of the last decade remain fragile. The Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS) identified key decisions that need to be made, supported by strong inter-ministerial coordination for its implementation, namely rolling out to provincial, district, and commune levels in order to better align priorities, and expenditures to the national development goals, supported by external assistance. 2013-08-23T20:25:12Z 2013-08-23T20:25:12Z 2002-11-21 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2072625/viet-nam-delivering-promise-development-report-2003 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15331 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC East Asia and Pacific Vietnam