From plan to market
Subtitle: the economic transition in Vietnam
By: Adam Fforde and Stefan de Vylder.
Contributors: De Vylder, Stefan, 1943-
Series: Transitions--Asia and Asian America
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Vietnam -- Economic policy -- 1975-; Vietnam -- Economic conditions -- 1975-
Description: This clear and accessible text explores Vietnam's successful transition from neo-Stalinist central planning to a market economy - "Vietnamese style." The authors contend that the Vietnamese transition was largely bottom-up in character and that it evolved over a long enough period for the country's political economy to adjust. This explains in part the rapid shift to a high-growth, externally oriented development path in the early 1990s.

Based upon extensive in-country experience, a wealth of primary materials, and wide comparative knowledge of development issues, the book challenges many preconceived notions, both about Vietnam and about the general nature of transition processes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-340) and index.