New books at VDIC Library - June 2014 || Sach moi tai thu vien VDIC - Thang 6/2014

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New books at VDIC Library - June 2014 || Sach moi tai thu vien VDIC - Thang 6/2014

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Economic development || Phát triển kinh tế
Economic development || Phát triển kinh tế

	Global Economic Prospects June 2014: Shifting priorities; building for the future. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Developing countries are headed for a third consecutive year of disappointing growth below 5 percent, as first quarter weakness in 2014 has delayed an expected pick-up in economic activity, says the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report, issued on June 10, 2014. In contrast, recovery in high-income countries is gaining momentum, despite first quarter weakness in the United States. These economies are expected to grow by 1.9 percent in 2014, accelerating to 2.4 percent in 2015 and 2.5 percent in 2016. The Euro Area is on target to grow by 1.1 percent this year, while the United States economy, which contracted in the first quarter due to severe weather, is expected to grow by 2.1 percent this year (down from the previous forecast of 2.8 percent). The global economy is expected to pick up speed as the year progresses and is projected to expand by 2.8 percent this year, strengthening to 3.4 and 3.5 percent in 2015 and 2016, respectively. High-income economies will contribute about half of global growth in 2015 and 2016, compared with less than 40 percent in 2013. Full text http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects
	Challenges, lessons, and prospects for operationalizing regional projects in Asia: legal and institutional aspects. Uprety, Kishor. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: For the past decade and a half, the International Development Organizations (IDOs) have been making continual efforts to finance multi-country projects with regional goals. Despite their efforts, the structure of intervention through projects with regional development goals has not been easy to design and implement. This study, therefore, is born of a need for more precise and comprehensive information about the legal and institutional aspects involved in designing regional projects. Based essentially on desk study, with limited field consultation, its objective is to share information from places where such projects have been successfully designed and smoothly implemented and to review the general legal and institutional tools, prospects, and opportunities for designing and implementing such projects. Moreover, the study has a particular focus on Asia, so as to adapt the features of the successful regional projects and use them, if deemed applicable, in the Asian context. This study is divided into eight chapters, broadly covering the theory and the practice in different places, and identifying the opportunities and prospects for adaptability in Asia. Following this introduction, chapter two briefly touches upon the concept and meaning of a region, the purpose and the value of regionalism, the needs and justifications for preparing region wide operations, and briefly describes the different types of regional organizations along with their institutional framework. The definition of regional projects for the purpose of this study is covered in chapter three. Chapter four devotes a few paragraphs to discuss the value of political commitment of countries and the efforts required to securing it. Chapter five is about the general legal structure applicable to regional projects. Chapter six is about the special and unique situation of Asia, the main focus of this study, and the challenges resulting from its uniqueness. Following the discussions of the critical elements that are absent, chapter seven makes some proposals for consideration, by teams in developing regional projects. Finally, the study provides a brief conclusion in chapter eight, followed by a list of selected references, which, the author hopes, will be useful for those who wish to conduct further research on the topic. Full text http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18679951/challenges-lessons-prospects-operationalizing-regional-projects-asia-legal-institutional-aspects.
	How Firms Cope with Crime and Violence: Experiences from around the World. Goldberg, Michael; Kim, Kwang Wook; Ariano, Maria. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Crime and violence inflict high costs on the private sector—costs that are rising globally, according to the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, discussions with chambers and associations, and the Bank’s Country Partnership Strategies, which reference the losses in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). In Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, losses due to crime and violence have been estimated at 9 percent of GDP in Honduras, 7.7 percent in El Salvador, and 3.6 percent in Costa Rica. In sectors such as clothing assembly, international purchasers can shift know-how and capital quickly to less violent destinations, while other sectors such as extractive industries are more likely to stay despite rising violence. Behind the statistics are human costs: lost jobs; shifting of businesses’ working capital from productive uses to security firms; and an increase in contraband, fraud and corruption, and “rule of law” issues. In this book, original case studies from Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Nepal, and Rwanda illustrate the specific challenges to businesses and the coping mechanisms that firms and groups of firms have used successfully against crime and violence. The book’s findings have implications for the private sector, governments, and the World Bank’s efforts to support both under difficult circumstances. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16539.
	Finland as a Knowledge Economy 2.0: Lessons on Policies and Governance. Halme, Kimmo; Lindy, Ilari; Piirainen, Kalle A.; Salminen, Vesa; White, Justine. World Bank, 2014. Call no.: ECO-KNO 18. Abstract: The technology and innovation landscape has changed considerably since 2006 when Finland as a Knowledge Economy: Elements of Success and Lessons Learned [see also report 39378] was first published by the World Bank Institute (WBI). Finland is known for its consistent progress in the economy and competitiveness, as well as the egalitarian society underneath it. Yet, the challenges experienced by Finland in the beginning of the 20th century were similar to those experienced by many countries today. Finland emerged as an independent nation in the midst of international economic and political turbulence. In spite of its remoteness, relative scarcity of natural resources, smallness of the home market and recent history characterized by wars and social cleavages, Finland transformed itself from an agriculture-based economy in the 1950's into one of the leading innovation-driven, knowledge-based economies and high-tech producers in the twenty-first century. The development was rapid, and involved determined action and sometimes drastic decisions by the government and other key actors. Today, at the end of 2013, Finland is facing new types of challenges both domestically and internationally in efforts to maintain its societal sustainability and economic competitiveness. Finland Knowledge Economy 2.0 presents some of the key policies, elements, initiatives and decisions behind Finland's path into the Knowledge Economy of today. The authors hope to provide the readers inspiration, new ideas, and novel insights. Hopefully some of the lessons learned may prove valuable in another context. Based on this account of the development of Finnish Knowledge Economy, the authors have identified six areas of lessons, each described in detail in respective chapters. The book should not be seen as a scientific all encompassing study, but rather as a “Knowledge Economy cook-book"", with practical cases, links and insights provided for further exploration. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17869.
	Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programs around the World: Dimensions for Success. Valerio, Alexandria; Parton, Brent; Robb, Alicia. World Bank, 2014. Call no: ECO-POL 60 Abstract: Entrepreneurship has attracted global interest for its potential to catalyze economic and social development. Research suggesting that certain entrepreneurial mindsets and skills can be learned has given rise to the field of entrepreneurship education and training (EET). Despite the growth of EET, global knowledge about these programs and their impact remains thin. In response, this study surveys the available literature and program evaluations to propose a Conceptual Framework for understanding the EET program landscape. The study finds that EET today consists of a heterogeneous mix of programs that can be broken into two groups: entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship training. These programs target a range of participants: secondary and post-secondary education students, as well as potential and practicing entrepreneurs. The outcomes measured by program evaluations are equally diverse but generally fall under the domains of entrepreneurial mindsets and capabilities, entrepreneurial status, and entrepreneurial performance. The dimensions of EET programs vary according the particular target group. Programs targeting secondary education students focus on the development of foundational skills linked to entrepreneurship, while post-secondary education programs emphasize skills related to strategic business planning. Programs targeting potential entrepreneurs generally are embedded within broader support programs and tend to target vulnerable populations for whom employment alternatives may be limited. While programs serving practicing entrepreneurs focus on strengthening entrepreneurs’ knowledge, skills and business practices, which while unlikely to transform an enterprise in the near term, may accrue benefits to entrepreneurs over time. The study also offers implications for policy and program implementation, emphasizing the importance of clarity about target groups and desired outcomes when making program choices, and sound understanding of extent to which publicly-supported programs offer a broader public good, and compare favorably to policy alternatives for supporting the targeted individuals as well as the overall economic and social objectives. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18031.
	100 nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng. Nguyễn, Công Nghiệp (chủ biên). Nhà xuất bản Chính trị Quốc gia, 2014. Ký hiệu: ECO 57. Nền tảng vãn minh và hiện ðại của xã hội loài ngýời ngày nay không chỉ ghi dấu ấn của các nhà tý týởng mà còn có ðóng góp nổi bật và quan trọng không kém của các nhà kinh tế. Từ Asdam Smith, Karl H. Marx, John M. Keynes và các nhà kinh tế học về sau ðã có nhiều công trình nghiên cứu bất hủ, các học thuyết kinh tế lỗi lạc, ðóng góp vào sự phát triển không ngừng cả về lý luận và thực tiễn của khoa học kinh tế. Nhý dòng chảy bất tận không ngõi nghỉ, các công trình nghiên cứu kinh tế giàu lý luận và giá trị thực tiễn ðã liên tiếp ra ðời, khắc phục các hạn chế, khiếm khuyết của các nền kinh tế, các giai ðoạn kinh tế, dẫn dắt kinh tế thế giới không ngừng výợt qua mọi thử thách, khó khãn ðể tiếp tục výõn lên. Cuốn sách này không chỉ dừng lại ở tôn vinh các nhà kinh tế học tiêu biểu, ðạt giải thýởng cao về kinh tế mà ấn phẩm còn làm ðýợc nhiều hõn thế khi giới thiệu khái quát ðýợc rất nhiều học thuyết kinh tế nổi tiếng, góp phần hệ thống hóa các lý thuyết kinh tế, phục vụ cho quá trình tham khảo, tra cứu, là tài liệu hữu ích phục vụ công tác nghiên cứu và giảng dạy kinh tế. Cuốn sách “100 nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng” có kết cấu khoa học và dễ tiếp cận, dễ ðọc. Trên 600 trang sách ðýợc chia thành 3 phần chính, gồm: Phần I - Các nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng mọi thời ðại; Phần II - Các nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng thời kỳ trýớc khi có giải Nobel kinh tế; Phần III - Các nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng từ khi có giải Nobel kinh tế (bao gồm chủ yếu là các nhà kinh tế ðýợc trao giải Nobel và một số nhà kinh tế tuy không hoặc chýa ðýợc trao giải Nobel kinh tế những ðã có những công trình, những ðóng góp quan trọng về kinh tế). Việc bố cục chặt chẽ và khoa học nói trên ðã khắc họa gần nhý trọn vẹn thân thế, sự nghiệp khoa học, các học thuyết, lý thuyết, những ðóng góp chính cho kinh tế học, chỉ dẫn khoa học và những công trình tiêu biểu của hõn 100 nhà kinh tế nổi tiếng trên thế giới.
	Social enterprise: constraints and opportunities: evidence from Vietnam and Kenya. Smith, William ; Darko, Emily. Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2014. Call no: ECO-ADM-CSR 13. Abstract: The concept needs to be clearly defined if governments and donors want to give preferential support to social enterprises. • Mainstream business can have positive social impact. ‘Social’ enterprise is best distinguished by a hybrid business model - not good intentions or outcomes. • The social enterprises covered in the survey were often small, personality driven, and internationally supported. • Social enterprises face special constraints linked to their hybrid business model: access to finance, human resources, legal status, difficult markets, and management weakness. • Market and state failure creates niches for social enterprise: serving disadvantaged communities, managing public infrastructure, and creating environmental benefits. • Governments, donors and promoters should assess the niche for social enterprise in specific market contexts in place of blanket promotion of the concept. Full text http://spark.org.vn/sites/default/files/articles/social_enterprise_-_constraints_and_opportunities_evidence_from_vietnam_and_kenya.pdf.
	Municipal Finances: A Handbook for Local Governments. Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine; Kopanyi, Mihaly. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: This handbook aims to help local government practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities, improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for pragmatic knowledge are fueled in part by decentralization and fiscal pressures, as transfer of responsibilities from central to local governments are not often accompanied with an adequate transfer of resources. Practitioners seek ideas and tools to control expenditures, strengthen revenues, as well as to tap large external funds, achieve creditworthiness, and adopt good borrowing practices. Advocating sound municipal management based on improved governance and enhanced accountability, this handbook provides a comprehensive picture of municipal finances with a broad scope. The eight chapters cover such topics as fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental finances; management of metropolises; instruments of good financial management; management of revenues, expenditures, assets, and external resources; and performance measurement. Focusing on the perspectives of local officers, this handbook combines theory, pragmatic how-to advice, best practices from global experiences, and possible solutions. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18725
	Southeast Asia Investment Policy Perspectives. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2014. Abstract: This report benchmarks the treatment of foreign investors across Southeast Asia, both in terms of openness and with regard to the levels of investor protection offered by host governments. This exercise reveals that policy convergence has been slow within ASEAN in this area. Indeed, in spite of certain similarities in some areas, such as regarding the treatment of export-oriented investors, there is almost as much variation within ASEAN as there is worldwide in terms of policy approaches to international investment. This report also considers how ASEAN member states can improve their promotion of international investment, not just in volume terms but also by maximising the development impact of that investment through spill-overs and linkages with local enterprises. Here too there has been a wide divergence in performance within ASEAN, with some countries such as Singapore and Malaysia among the best in promoting such linkages while some others lag significantly behind. Promoting investment within regional value chains provides important avenues for ASEAN firms to upgrade. Full text http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/Southeast-Asia-Investment-Policy-Perspectives-2014.pdf
	OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises responsible business conduct matters. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2014. Abstract: Responsible business conduct is an essential part of an open international investment climate. MNE activities often span multiple countries and many cultural, legal, and regulatory environments. This complexity, coupled with the intensely competitive nature of international business, presents MNEs and their stakeholders with unique and specific challenges. Although many MNEs demonstrate a respect for high standards of business conduct, some may neglect the appropriate principles and standards of conduct in an attempt to gain undue competitive advantage. This may be particularly true in environments where regulatory, legal, and institutional frameworks are underdeveloped or fragile. More and more enterprises are responding by committing to responsible business practices, promoting dialogue, and engaging with stakeholders. Addressing societal concerns while advancing enterprise interests can be mutually supportive. Full text http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/MNEguidelines_RBCmatters.pdf
	Báo cáo thýờng niên doanh nghiệp Việt Nam 2013: Chủ ðề nãm: Phát triển doanh nghiệp và chất lýợng tãng trýởng. Phòng Thýõng mại và Công nghiệp Việt Nam (VCCI). Nhà xuất bản Thông tin và Truyền thông, 2014. Ký hiệu: ECO-ENT-V29. Ðể có một cái nhìn toàn diện hõn từ góc ðộ phát triển doanh nghiệp hýớng tới mục tiêu tãng trýởng chất lýợng, Báo cáo thýờng niên doanh nghiệp Việt Nam 2013 với chủ ðề nãm là “Phát triển doanh nghiệp và chất lýợng tang trýởng” sẽ tiếp cận và phân tích sự phát triển của doanh nghiệp từ 3 góc nhìn chính và cũng là ba trụ cột quan trọng quyết ðịnh ðến chất lýợng tãng trýởng ðó là: cõ cấu kinh tế, nãng lực cạnh tranh và hiệu quả hoạt ðộng ở các cấp ðộ: doanh nghiệp, ngành, khu vực kinh tế và của toàn bộ nền kinh tế. -- Với mức ðộ phức tạp và khó khãn trong việc nghiên cứu về doanh nghiệp, ngay từ ðầu, Báo cáo thýờng niên doanh nghiệp Việt Nam sẽ lựa chọn ra những tiêu chí cõ bản ðể ðánh giá nãng lực doanh nghiệp liên quan ðến lao ðộng, nguồn vốn, công nghệ, tiếp cận thị trýờng và sinh lợi. Các tiêu chí này một mặt có thể giúp so sánh nãng lực kinh doanh giữa các ngành trong nền kinh tế, mặt khác cũng giúp so sánh giữa các nãm, từ ðó sẽ giúp chúng ta thấy ðýợc sự phát triển hay kết quả của quá trình tái cấu trúc tại các ngành kinh tế cũng nhý toàn bộ khu vực doanh nghiệp. Kết quả phân tích nãng lực doanh nghiệp theo các tiêu chí hàng nãm của  Báo cáo sẽ cho thấy việc sử dụng các yếu tố ðầu vào (vốn, lao ðộng) và các yếu tố giúp nâng cao nãng suất hoạt ðộng (ðổi mới, tiếp cận thị trýờng) trong các ngành kinh tế. Ðiều này sẽ giúp liên hệ trực tiếp ðến các yếu tố ðóng góp vào sự tãng trýởng của nền kinh tế (lao ðộng, vốn và nhân tố nãng suất tổng hợp). Rõ rang, việc các doanh nghiệp sử dụng hiệu quả các nhân tố ðầu vào cũng góp phần chính vào việc nâng cao chất lýợng tãng trýởng của nền kinh tế, cải thiện chỉ số ICOR. Týõng tự, nếu tỷ lệ các doanh nghiệp kinh doanh có lãi nhiều hõn thì tất yếu nền kinh tế sẽ tãng trýởng mạnh hõn. -- Dựa trên số liệu ðiều tra doanh nghiệp nãm 2013 của Tổng cục Thống kê (cung cấp số liệu về tình hình hoạt ðộng của doanh nghiệp trong nãm 2012), Báo cáo thýờng niên doanh nghiệp Việt Nam 2013 sẽ ðýa ra bức tranh về nãng lực của doanh nghiệp Việt Nam trong nãm 2012, so sánh với các nãm từ 2007-2011, từ ðó liên hệ với sự tãng trýởng của nền kinh tế ở cấp ðộ vĩ mô nhằm ðánh giá vai trò ðóng góp của các yếu tố lao ðộng, vốn, nhân tố nãng suất tổng hợp. Việc phân tích này cũng sẽ ðýợc thực hiện ở một số ngành kinh tế lựa chọn phù hợp với chủ ðề nãm của Báo cáo nãm 2013. Kết quả của những phân tích này sẽ cho thấy thực trạng chất lýợng tãng trýởng kinh tế ở Việt Nam, từ cấp ðộ ngành, ðến toàn bộ nền kinh tế. -- Dựa trên các phân tích ðánh giá, Báo cáo sẽ ðýa các nhận ðịnh và ðề xuất một số các kiến nghị và giải pháp nhằm hoàn thiện môi trýờng kinh doanh ở Việt Nam, tổ chức tái cõ cấu kinh tế, nâng cao nãng lực cạnh tranh của doanh nghiệp, hýớng tới mục tiêu nâng cao chất lýợng tãng trýởng. Các nhận ðịnh tuy vậy mang  tính chất mở, chủ yếu nhằm hỗ trợ thêm thong tin ðể các doanh nghiệp và các nhà hoạch ðịnh chính sách. -- Báo cáo thýờng niên doanh nghiệp Việt Nam 2013 bao gồm 4 phần chính và ðýợc trình bày tách rời, nhýng vẫn ðảm bảo tính logic, xuyên suốt toàn bộ nghiên cứu. -- Phần I: Chất lýợng tãng trýởng và tái cấu trúc nền kinh tế; Phần II: Phát triển doanh nghiệp và hiệu quả kinh doanh; Phần III: Nãng lực cạnh tranh của nền kinh tế và chiến lýợc kinh doanh của doanh nghiệp; Phần IV: Dự báo kinh tế Việt Nam nãm 2014 và các khuyến nghị.
	Vietnam business annual report 2013: Theme of the year: Enterprise development and quality of growth. Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Information and Communications Publishing House, 2014. Call no.: ECO-ENT-V29. Abstract: The “Vietnam Business Annual Report 2013 - Enterprise Development and Quality of Growth” will analyze three factors which are most important when considering the quality of business development and economic growth: economic structure, competitiveness and operational efficiency. These factors will be considered at the enterprise, industry, region and country levels. -- With the level of complexity and difficulty in the study of businesses, from the beginning, the Vietnam Business Annual Report 2013 will opt out of the basic criteria to evaluate business capabilities related to labor, capital sources, technology, market access and profitability. These criteria can help to make comparisons between the economic sectors and can also be used to chart the differences, year on year, within the different economic sectors. This will help us to see the development or outcome of the re-structuring process in the economic sectors as well as the entire economy. Capacity analysis will show the use of inputs (capital and labor) and the factors that enhance work productivity in the economic sectors (for example innovation and market access). This will help identify any direct links between factors contributing to the growth of the economy (labor, capital and total factor productivity). Clearly, effective use of the input factor by businesses also contributes to improving the quality of economic growth with improved ICOR. Similarly, if profit rates are higher, then inevitably the economy will grow stronger. -- Based on survey data of businesses in 2013 of the GSO, (providing data on their 2012 operations), the Vietnam Business Annual Report 2013 will build a picture of the capacity of Viet Nam businesses in 2012 as compared to 2007-2011. This will look at economic growth at the macro level in order to assess the role these factors contribute labor, capital, aggregate productivity. This analysis will be done in a number of selected industries in accordance with the theme of the year. The results of the analysis will show the actual quality of economic growth in Viet Nam, from the industrial sector level  and the entire economy. -- Based on the analysis and evaluation, the report will identify and propose a number of recommendations aimed at improving the quality of growth and the business environment in Viet Nam by through economic restructuring and strengthening the capacity for competitive enterprises. However, the recommendations are open in nature and are intended primarily as additional support to businesses and policy makers. -- Vietnam Business Annual Report 2013 consists of four main parts: Part I: Quality of growth and economy restructuring; Part II: Businesses development and business efficiency; Part III: Competitiveness of the economy and corporate business strategies; Part IV: 2014 economic forecasts and recommendations.
	International VAT/GST Guidelines. Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), 2014. Abstract: The Guidelines seek to address the problems that arise from national VAT systems being applied in an uncoordinated way. They set standards that should ensure neutrality in cross-border trade and a more coherent taxation of business-to-business (B2B) trade in services. -- Contents: Chapter 1. Core features of VAT -- Chapter 2. Neutrality of VAT in the context of cross-border trade -- Chapter 3. Place of taxation for B2B cross-border supplies of services and intangibles. Full text http://www.oecd.org/ctp/consumption/international-vat-gst-guidelines.htm
Các câu chuyện từ mặt trận phát triển kinh tế: Kinh nghiệm Trung Quốc và một số nýớc về tạo việc làm và phát triển thịnh výợng nhờ công nghiệp nhẹ. Ðinh, Trýờng Hinh; Rawski, Thomas G.; Zafar, Ali; Wang, Lihong; Mavroeidi, Eleonora. Ngân hàng Thế giới, 2013. PRI-V25.
(REF) ECO-DIS-V4. General Statistics Office (GSO). Kêìt quaÒ khaÒo saìt mýìc sôìng dân cý Việt Nam nãm 2012 = Result of the Viet Nam household living standards survey 2012. Statistical Publishing House, 2014.
(REF) WB 1. The World Bank. World Development Indicators 2014. The World Bank, 2014. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18237 OR http://data.worldbank.org/. (REF) WB 2 [Internet]. The World Bank. The little data book 2014. The World Bank, 2014. Abstract: .The Little Data Book 2014 is a pocket edition of World Development Indicators 2014. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the World Development Indicators database, book, and mobile app. The database covers more than 1,200 indicators and spans more than 50 years. The 214 country tables present the latest available data for World Bank member countries and other economies with populations of more than 30,000. The 14 summary tables cover regional and income group aggregates. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18238. ECO 31. Stiglitz, Joseph E. Freefall: America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy. Norton, 2010. ECO-ADM-P42. Heagney, Joseph; Minh Tú (dịch). Quản trị dự án: Những nguyên tắc cãn bản. Nhà xuất bản Lao ðộng Xã hội, 2014. ECO-DEV-V98. Phạm Minh Chính; Výõng Quân Hoàng. Kinh tế Việt Nam thãng trầm và ðột phá. Nhà xuất bản Tri thức, 2009. Mục lục (trích): Kinh tế Việt Nam thời kỳ 1955-1985; Kinh tế tài chính thời kỳ ðổi mới: 1986-2000; Ðột phá tý duy kinh tế: Ðổi Mới; Hệ thống ngân hàng hai cấp; Tài sản và thị trýờng; Tiền ðồng Việt Nam; Vàng trong ðời sống kinh tế Việt Nam; Ðồng ðô la Mỹ ở Việt Nam; Bất ðộng sản ở Việt Nam; Thị trýờng chứng khoán; Các thị trýờng tài sản./. ECO-INT-V33. Hoàng, Vãn Châu (chủ biên). Hiệp ðịnh Ðối tác Xuyên Thái Bình Dýõng - TPP và vấn ðề tham gia của Việt Nam. Nhà xuất bản Bách Khoa, Hà Nội, 2014. ECO-POL 59. Nguyễn, An Hà (chủ biên). Ðiều chỉnh chính sách phát triển của một số quốc gia chủ chốt châu Âu giai ðoạn khủng hoảng tài chính và suy thoái kinh tế toàn cầu. Nhà xuất bản Khoa hoc Xã hội, 2013. ECO-SUS 36. Pauli, Gunter; Phạm Hải Hồ (dịch). Nền kinh tế xanh lam: 10 nãm thực hiện, 100 ðổi mới, 100 triệu việc làm. Nhà xuất bản Thời ðại, 2014.

Financial sector and personal finance || Khu vực tài chính & Tài chính cá nhân
Financial sector and personal finance || Khu vực tài chính & Tài chính cá nhân

	Macroprudential Policy Framework: A Practice Guide. Krishnamurti, Damodaran; Lee, Yejin Carol. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: This practice guide is primarily intended as a reference and guidance for emerging market economies in their migration to a formal macroprudential policy framework. It relies largely on the existing wisdom, knowledge, and experience and was written with the intention of assisting policy makers (and the World Bank staff working with these authorities) in the implementation of macroprudential policy frameworks in jurisdictions with the following characteristics representative of a typical emerging market and developing economy: 1) a simple and bank-dominated financial system where other financial sector segments are much smaller, but growing; 2) banking supervision function is within the central bank; 3) financial sector regulation/supervision is not integrated; 4) uncertain availability of quality data. A macroprudential policy framework is not a silver bullet for safeguarding financial stability. It is also useful to highlight that a macroprudential policy framework cannot take the place of other public policy frameworks. While pursuing macroprudential policy to build a more resilient financial system, authorities should also take into consideration the significant financial development needs that may exist in their respective jurisdictions. This Practice Guide has been structured in a lo gical sequence that mirrors implementation. The second and third sections are laid out to clarify and provide some context to the concept of a macroprudential approach to supervision and discuss the institutional framework. The fourth and fifth sections deal with the operational aspects of macroprudential policy framework that are timely detection of systemic risks using early warning systems and addressing the buildup of systemic risks with macroprudential policy instruments. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18152.
	Your Money, Your Future : A Practical Money Management Guide for Students and Their Families. International Finance Corporation (IFC), 2014. Abstract: This guide has been created to assist potential student borrowers and their families in making decisions regarding money management. It is intended for students who are considering attending or are already enrolled in a tertiary education institution, and covers topics such as student loans, goal-setting, and repaying debt. The guide aims to educate students in order to make them better money managers and more responsible borrowers throughout their university careers and beyond. This document is divided into seven chapters: 1) basic financial issues; 2) creating and managing a budget; 3) student loans; 4) establishing credit; 5) managing debt; 6) repaying debt; and 7) saving and its benefits. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17607.
Trí tuệ tài chính. Berman, Karen; Knight, Joe; Case, John; Thiên Huy; Nguyễn Trang (dịch). Nhà xuất bản Lao ðộng Xã hội, 2014. Ký hiệu: BAN-COR 46. Cuốn sách Financial Intelligence – Trí tuệ tài chính ngay từ khi ra ðời ðã trở thành cuốn sách ýa thích của những nhà quản lý cần trang bị kiến thức về các con số bởi nó giúp họ hiểu ðýợc không chỉ ý nghĩa của các con số mà còn lý do tại sao chúng lại quan trọng. Cuốn sách chứa ðựng những thông tin cập nhật nhất cùng các kiến thức cõ bản về tài chính, từ ðó dạy cho nhà quản lý biết cách sử dụng những dữ liệu tài chính ðể ðiều hành doanh nghiệp của mình. Ngoài ra, nó cũng nêu lên những vấn ðề ðang có vai trò ngày càng quan trọng trong những nãm gần ðây nhý các lo ngại về khủng hoảng tài chính và tình trạng thiếu kiến thức về kế toán và tài chính trên diện rộng. -- Cung cấpnhững câu chuyện thú vị về các công ty trong thực tế, cuốn sách sẽ trao cho những nhà quản lý phi tài chính sự tự tin ðể hiểu ðýợc những bí ẩn nằm phía sau những con số và giúp họ ðýa hoạt ðộng hàng ngày lên một tầm cao mới.
Tài chính 101 : Tài chính cho mọi ngýời. Phan, Trần Trung Dũng. Nhà xuất bản Lao ðộng Xã hội, 2014. Ký hiệu: BAN-COR 47. Tôi không ðịnh viết giáo trình, vì vậy cuốn sách này không phải là giáo trình, nó không ðýợc viết theo phong cách kinh viện thýờng thấy của các quyển giáo trình. Bạn có thể ðọc nó nhý ðang ðọc một câu chuyện, có nhân vật, có sự týõng tác giữa các phần và có sự phát triển trong nội dung.  Lý do của cách tiếp cận này là vì thế giới tài chính vẫn còn xa lạ với rất nhiều ngýời, và bạn cũng có thể là một trong số ðó. Tôi muốn thế giới này trở nên thực hõn, ðời thýờng hõn, xáo trộn và náo nhiệt một chút, nên trong cuốn sách này, bên cạnh những nhân vật ðýợc xây dựng một cách chuẩn mực theo phong cách ví dụ truyền thống, có cả những ngýời làm ãn không trung thực, những ngýời nhẹ dạ, mà biết ðâu mỗi chúng ta ðều tìm thấy mình ðýợc phản ánh trong những ví dụ ðó? Tài chính 101 - Tài chính cho mọi ngýời" là cuốn sách dành cho mọi ðối týợng ðộc giả, từ sinh viên các khối ngành kinh tế, tài chính, quản trị, ðến những ngýời làm việc thực tế trong các lĩnh vực này hay bất cứ ai muốn tự tìm hiểu ðể có cái nhìn trực quan và bao quát về tài chính.

Agriculture & Rural development || Nông nghiệp và PTNT
Agriculture & Rural development || Nông nghiệp và PTNT

	Analyzing Food Security Using Household Survey Data: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software. Moltedo, Ana; Troubat, Nathalie; Lokshin, Michael; Sajaia. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Since the end of the Second World War, the international community has been focusing on reducing the number and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Over time it became clear that no single indicator would provide a comprehensive picture of the food security situation. Rather, a suite of indicators is necessary to describe food insecurity in all its dimensions. The demand for evidence-based policies, which brings together providers such as statistical offices and users of food security indicators including policy makers and researchers, has also been increasing. The stand-alone software, ADePT-Food Security Module (available for free downloading), was developed to produce food security indicators from food consumption data collected in household surveys. These indicators, derived at the national and subnational levels, include the consumption of calories and macronutrients, the availability of micronutrients and amino acids, the distribution of calories and the proportion of people undernourished. The book focuses on the theory, methodology, and analysis of these indicators. It has five chapters beginning with a brief overview on concepts of food security. The theory and methodology are further described in the following chapter. To help users with the interpretation of the results some examples are given in chapter 3. Chapter 4 of the book provides guidelines for the preparation of the input datasets. Finally, chapter 5 explains how to use the software. Both the software and this book are products of decades of experience in analyzing food security. This project was made possible through collaboration between FAO and the World Bank, with financial support from the European Union. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18091.
(REF) AGR-V1. Tổng cục Thống kê. General Statistics Office. Kết quả tổng ðiều tra nông thôn, nông nghiệp và thủy sản nãm 2011: Tập 2: Nông thôn = Results of the 2011 Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census: Volume 2: Rural situation. Nhà xuất bản Thống kê. Statistical Publishing House, 2013. (REF) AGR-V1. Tổng cục Thống kê. General Statistics Office. Kết quả tổng ðiều tra nông thôn, nông nghiệp và thủy sản nãm 2011: Tập 3: Nông nghiệp, lâm nghiệp và thủy sản = Results of the 2011 Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census: Volume 3: Agriculture, Forestry and fishery. Nhà xuất bản Thống kê. Statistical Publishing House, 2013.

Education and training || Giáo dục và ðào tạo
Education and training || Giáo dục và ðào tạo

	Skilling up Vietnam: preparing the workforce for a modern market economy. Bodewig, Christian; Badiani-Magnusson, Reena; Macdonald, Kevin; Newhouse, David; Rutkowski, Jan. World Bank, 2014. Education has played an important role in making Vietnam a development success story over the last twenty years. In the 1990s and early 2000s Vietnam experienced rapid economic growth and poverty reduction in the wake of a rapid shift of employment from low-productivity agriculture to higher-productivity nonfarm jobs. -- Vietnam's committed effort to promote access to quality primary education for all has enabled this transformation and contributed to the country's reputation for having a young, well-educated work force. Skilling Up Vietnam argues that to continue its success story, Vietnam needs to renew its focus on education: not just expanding attainment, but equipping its workforce with the right skills will be needed to foster to Vietnam's continued economic modernization in the coming decade and more. Despite the evidence of impressive basic literacy and numeracy achievements among Vietnamese youth and workers presented in this book, many Vietnamese businesses report that a significant obstacle to their activity is the shortage of workers with adequate skills. Drawing on a survey of employers in urban areas, the book finds that, in addition to job-specific skills, Vietnamese employers value cognitive skills, such as problem solving and critical thinking, and behavioral skills, such as team work and communication. Reorienting Vietnam's education system toward teaching these types of skills will help prepare Vietnamese workers for a modern market economy. -- Skilling Up Vietnam proposes a three-step holistic skills strategy that looks at today's workforce as much as the future workforce. Vietnam's skills development efforts should focus on promoting school readiness through early childhood development, ensuring a strong cognitive and behavioral foundation in general education, and building job-relevant technical skills through a more connected system among employers, students and universities, and vocational schools. Full text http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705606/skilling-up-vietnam-preparing-workforce-modern-market-economy
	PISA 2012 results: Creative Problem Solving (Volume V): Students' Skills in Tackling Real-Life Problems. Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). OECD, 2014. Abstract: This fifth volume of PISA 2012 results presents an assessment of student performance in problem solving, which measures students’ capacity to respond to non-routine situations in order to achieve their potential as constructive and reflective citizens. It provides the rationale for assessing problem-solving skills and describes  performance within and across countries and economies. In addition, the volume highlights the relative strengths and weaknesses of each school system and examines how they are related to individual student characteristics, such as gender, immigrant background and socio-economic status. The volume also explores the role of education in fostering problem-solving skills. Full text http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results.htm.
	Governance reforms in higher education: A study of institutional autonomy in Asian countries. Varghese, N.V. ;  Martin, Michaela (editors). UNESCO. International Institute for Educational Planning, 2014. Abstract: Many governments in Asia have granted greater autonomy to institutions of higher education in recent decades. It was expected that this autonomy would lead to new governance structures and enhance the operational efficiency of institutions. The research studies included in this volume have investigated whether this autonomy has actually led to improved efficiency at the institutional level and overall effectiveness at the system level. Based on studies in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, and Viet Nam, the research demonstrates that autonomy has made institutions more independent, exercising freedom to prepare plans, appoint staff, mobilise resources, introduce new study programs, establish new structures of governance, and introduce substantial changes in the academic and administrative decision-making process. However, autonomy also introduced an element of financial uncertainty, due to the smaller role of the state in the management of institutions, and resulted in the reduced authority and collective bargaining power of the professoriate in the institutional decision-making process. -- The contents are as follows: Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in Asian countries / N. V. Varghese and Michaela Martin; Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in Cambodia / Touch Visalsok, Mak Ngoy, and You Virak; Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in China / Mei Li and Rui Yang; Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in Indonesia / Nizam Nizam and Muh Nurdin; Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in Japan / Shinichi Yamamoto and Huang Futao; Governance reforms in higher education: a study of institutional autonomy in Viet Nam / Do Huy Thinh and Ho Thanh My Phuong. Full text http://www.voced.edu.au/content/ngv62481.
	A Skills beyond School Review of Israel. Musset, Pauline ; Kuczera, Malgorzata ; Field, Simon. OECD Publishing, 2014. Abstract: Higher level vocational education and training (VET) programmes are facing rapid change and intensifying challenges. This report on Israel examines what type of training is needed to meet the needs of a changing economy,  how programmes should be funded,  how theyshould be linked to academic and university programmes and how employers and unions can be engaged.  The country reports in this series look at these and other questions. They form part of Skills beyond School, the OECD policy review of postsecondary vocational education and training. Full text http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/a-skills-beyond-school-review-of-israel_9789264210769-en.
	Teacher Reform in Indonesia:  The Role of Politics and Evidence in Policy Making. Chang, Mae Chu; Shaeffer, Sheldon; Al-Samarrai, Samer; Ragatz, Andrew B.; de Ree, Joppe; Stevenson, Ritchie. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: With close to three million teachers, Indonesia has one of the largest and most diverse cadres of teachers in the world. The evolving nature of its education system and the increasingly complex challenges facing individual teachers and the teaching profession as a whole are of immense importance to the nation’s future development. In 2005 the Indonesian government approved a comprehensive Teacher and Lecturer Law that radically reformed the nation’s teacher management and development process. This book explores this uniquely comprehensive reform by focusing on the nature of Indonesia’s teaching profession before and after the Teacher Law; the educational and political economy context of the law; the structures, strategies, and processes that arose from the law including a comprehensive system of teacher appraisal and salary increases which effectively doubled the income of certified teachers; the political and economic factors which distorted the reform process; its impact on teacher knowledge, skills, and motivation and student outcomes; and the (in)efficiencies derived from the reform in terms of the system’s financing and the distribution of its teachers. This book’s framework promotes an approach to teacher reforms through improving the nature of recruitment into the profession; pre-service education; induction, mentoring, and probation; formal certification; continuing professional development; teacher performance appraisal; and ongoing career development. It should therefore be of particular interest to Ministries of Education and development agencies contemplating similar comprehensive reforms. The lessons and recommendations from this analysis include the following: • The doubling of teacher income has increased the status of the teaching profession and attracted better candidates to apply to teacher training institutions. • The mere fact of certification and the consequent doubling of teacher income have not achieved the better teaching and learning that was expected. • A quality assurance framework needs to be put in place from the beginning of any reform process. • The costs of extending the certification program to all teachers are associated with significant trade-offs within the education sector. Estimates suggest that spending on teacher compensation will need to absorb a much larger share of the education budget and require reductions in spending in other areas. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16355.

Environment || Môi trýờng
Environment || Môi trýờng

Climate and Disaster Resilience: The Role for Community-Driven Development. Arnold, Margaret; Mearns, Robin; Oshima, Kaori; Prasad, Vivek. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: This paper is part of a larger effort to document, assess, and promote scalable models and approaches to empower poor communities to manage a climate and disaster risk agenda in support of their development goals and to identify practical ways of getting climate and disaster risk financing directly to the ground level where impacts are felt. Social funds, social protection systems and safety nets, community-driven development (CDD) projects, livelihoods-support and related operational platforms can serve as useful vehicles for promoting community-level resilience to disaster and climate risk. This paper examines the World Bank's Community-Driven Development (CDD) portfolio to assess experience to date and to explore the potential for building the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate and disaster risk through CDD programs. It aims to be useful to both the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management practitioner as well as the CDD practitioner. The paper assesses the scale of climate and disaster resilience support provided through CDD projects from 2001-11 and characterizes the forms of support provided. For the climate change adaption and disaster risk management (DRM) practitioner, it discusses the characteristics of a CDD approach and how they lend themselves to building local-level climate resilience. For the CDD practitioner, the paper describes the types of activities that support resilience building and explores future directions for CDD to become a more effective vehicle for reducing climate and disaster risk. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17553.

Health || Y tế
Health || Y tế

Moving toward Universal Coverage of Social Health Insurance in Vietnam: Assessment and Options. Somanathan, Aparnaa ; Tandon, Ajay ; Dao, Huong Lan ; Hurt, Kari L. ; Fuenzalida-Puelma, Hernan L. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Over the past two decades Vietnam has made enormous progress towards achieving universal coverage (UC) for its population. Significant challenges remain, however, in terms of improving equity with continuing low rates of enrollment. Ensuring financial protection also remains an elusive goal. The Master Plan for Universal Coverage approved in 2012 by the Prime Minister directly addresses both these deficiencies in coverage. The objective of this report is to assess the implementation of Vietnam SHI and provide options for moving towards UC. This is a joint assessment with development partners, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and Rockefeller Foundation. -- Expanding breadth of coverage, particularly for those hard to reach groups such as the near-poor and informal sector would require substantially increasing general revenue subsidies and fully subsidizing the premiums for the near-poor. High enrollment rates would, however, have little impact on financial protection and equity if OOP costs remain high. Achieving UC will require sustained efforts to improve efficiency in the system, and gain better value for money from available budgetary resources; without these efforts, any further progress towards UC would be financially unsustainable. -- There is considerable scope for improving efficiency in Vietnam. Fragmentation in the pooling of funds gives rise to unnecessary costs. Inefficiencies in resource allocation and purchasing arrangements include: (i) an overly generous benefits package; (ii) provider payment mechanisms and the mix of incentives facing providers which result in an oversupply of services; (iii) high prices, overconsumption and inappropriate use of pharmaceuticals; and (iv) the structure and incentives embedded within the delivery system. The organization, management and governance of SHI are fragmented and often dysfunctional. The present institutional setting for SHI needs to be assessed and changed. Full text http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9781464802614

Transport for Health: The Global Burden of Disease from Motorized Road Transport. Global Road Safety Facility, The World Bank; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2014. Abstract: This report summarizes the findings of a long and meticulous journey of data gathering and analysis to quantify the health losses from road deaths and injuries worldwide, as part of the path-finding Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. It is important, first, to acknowledge the profound contribution made by the lead authors and global team of injury prevention professionals to estimate the disease burden of road trauma, before absorbing their findings and recommendations. Without their dedication and tenacity, the way forward would be less certain. The first GBD study, published nearly two decades ago, signaled an emerging road safety crisis in developing regions of the world. It triggered a remarkable program of global advocacy that culminated in the United Nations decade of action for road safety and global plan to bring road safety outcomes under control in these regions by 2020. However, limited investment has been mobilized so far to implement the UN initiative. The second GBD studies, and related analyses presented in this report, confirm the importance of road safety as a global development priority and the urgency with which it must be addressed. The report's findings highlight the growth in road deaths and injuries globally, and their substantial impacts on maternal and child health, despite sustained reductions over the last three to four decades in high-income countries. Combined with the deaths arising from vehicle pollution, the road transport death toll exceeds that of, for example, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or diabetes. This statistic further reinforces the call for global action. Without these GBD estimates we would not have a clear picture of the true situation because official country data in the developing world vastly understate the scale of road transport health losses. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17613.

Science & technology || Khoa học & công nghệ
Science & technology || Khoa học & công nghệ

	Closing the Feedback Loop: Can Technology Bridge the Accountability Gap? Gigler, Björn-Sören; Bailur, Savita.  World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Enhanced transparency, accountability, and government or donor responsiveness to people needs are imperative to achieve better and more sustainable development results on the ground. The rapid spread of new technologies is transforming the daily lives of millions of poor people around the world and has the potential to be a real game changer for development. Improved accountability and responsiveness are critical for reaching the goals of eliminating extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity with a focus on improving the well-being of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in society. Within the broader political economy context, many questions remain unanswered about the role that new technologies can play to act as an accelerator for closing the accountability gap. Within this context, this report brings together new evidence from leading academics and practitioners on the effects of technology-enabled citizen engagement. The report aims to address the following four main questions: how do new technologies empower communities through participation, transparency, and accountability?; are technologies an accelerator for closing the accountability gap - the space between supply (governments, service providers) and demand (citizens, communities, civil society organizations) that must be bridged for open and collaborative governance?; under what conditions does this occur?; and what are the experiences and lessons learned from existing grassroots innovators and donor-supported citizen engagement and crowdsourcing programs, and how can these programs be replicated or scaled up?. The report presents a theoretical framework about the linkages between new technologies, participation, empowerment, and the improvement of poor people's human well-being based on Amartya Sen's capability approach. The book provides rich case studies about the different factors that influence whether or not information and communication technology (ICT)-enabled citizen engagement programs can improve the delivery and quality of public services to poor communities. The report analyzes in depth both the factors and process of using new technologies to enhance the delivery of primary health services to pregnant women in Karnataka, India, and of several community mapping and crowdsourcing programs in Guinea, Haiti, Kenya, Libya, Sudan, and other countries. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18408.
	From Cairo to Wall Street: Voices from the global spring. ICT-MED 30. Schiffrin, Anya; Kircher-Allen (editors); Sachs, Jeffrey D. (foreword); Stiglitz, Joseph E. (introduction). New Press, 2012. Abstract: Protesters in the Middle East made history in 2011 when they toppled dictators who had been entrenched for decades. As the world economy worsened and austerity measures hit, the wave of demonstrations spread to Europe and the United States. From Tunisia to Egypt, from Athens to Madrid, from Zuccotti Park to London's financial district, protesters came out en masse, calling for an end to inequality and for government leaders to be held accountable. Specific demands varied, but one thing was universal: a new conviction that real change could be achieved through the peaceful action of the masses. -- From Cairo to Wall Street is a stirring, on-the-ground account of these protests, in the words of the people who made them happen. Journalists Anya Schiffrin and Eamon Kircher-Allen bring together voices from across the world, many from the front lines, to tell the story of movements that redefined history. We hear from the Egyptian youth leaders who transformed Tahrir Square into a symbol of freedom; we hear from the Indignados who raged against austerity measures in Spain's already-dark times; and we hear of the many Americans, from New York to Madison to Oakland, who marched under the banner 'We Are the 99%.' Chapters by Schiffrin, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, economist Jeffrey D. Sachs, and columnist Laurie Penny frame these movements in the context of global capitalism and its discontents, drawing connections between the individual protest movements and the singular sense of outrage that has fueled them the world over." --
	Sống sao trong thời ðại số?: Ðịnh hình lại týõng lai của con ngýời, quốc gia và doanh nghiệp. Schmidt, Eric; Cohen, Jared; Hoàng Thạch Quân (dịch). Nhà xuất bản Trẻ, 2014. Ký hiệu: ICT 16. Abstract: Chýa bao giờ trong lịch sử lại có nhiều ngýời từ khắp nõi trên thế giới có nhiều quyền lực dýới bàn tay họ nhý vậy. Và mặc dù cuộc cách mạng lần này không phải là cuộc cách mạng công nghệ ðầu tiên, nó là cuộc cách mạng ðầu tiên cho phép hầu nhý tất cả mọi ngýời sở hữu, tạo ra và truyền bá thông tin ngay lập tức mà không phải bị lệ thuộc vào những ðối týợng trung gian. --  Trong khi khả nãng kết nối toàn cầu tiếp tục phát triển với một tốc ðộ chýa từng có, một số thể chế và tôn ti xã hội sẽ phải thay ðổi ðể thích nghi, nếu không sẽ phải ðối diện với nguy cõ trở nên lỗi thời, không còn thích hợp với xã hội hiện ðại. Những khó khãn mà ta thấy các doanh nghiệp lớn và nhỏ ðang ðối mặt ngày hôm nay là những ví dụ về sự dịch chuyển xã hội sâu sắc ðang nằm chờ ở phía trýớc. Công nghệ truyền thông sẽ tiếp tục làm thay ðổi các thể chế của con ngýời từ trong ra ngoài. Chúng ta ngày càng có nhiều cõ hội tiếp xúc, và hiểu ðýợc những con ngýời sống cách xa biên giới ðất nýớc chúng ta và thuộc những nhóm ngôn ngữ khác xa, ðể từ ðó chia sẻ ý týởng, thiết lập quan hệ thýõng mại và xây dựng những mối quan hệ thật sự. -- Ðây là một cuốn sách nói về tầm quan trọng của các chính sách ðịnh hýớng của con ngýời trong một kỷ nguyên kỹ thuật số mới.

Labor || Lao ðộng
Labor || Lao ðộng

	East Asia Pacific at Work: Employment, Enterprise, and Well-being. Packard, Truman G.; Van Nguyen, Trang. World Bank, 2014. Call no.: LAB 1. Abstract: The unprecedented progress of East Asia Pacific is a triumph of working people. Countries that were low-income a generation ago successfully integrated into the global value chain, exploiting their labor-cost advantage. In 1990, the region held about a third of the world’s labor force. Leveraging this comparative advantage, the share of global GDP of emerging economies in East Asia Pacific grew from 7 percent in 1992 to 17 percent in 2011. Yet, the region now finds itself at a critical juncture. Work and its contribution to growth and well-being can no longer be taken for granted. The challenges range from high youth inactivity and rising inequality to binding skills shortages. A key underlying issue is economic informality, which constrains innovation and productivity, limits the tax base, and increases household vulnerability to shocks. Informality is both a consequence of stringent labor regulations and limited enforcement capacity. In several countries, de jure employment regulations are more stringent than in many parts of Europe. Even labor regulations set at reasonable levels but poorly implemented can aggravate the market failures they were designed to overcome. This report argues that the appropriate policy responses are to ensure macroeconomic stability, and in particular, a regulatory framework that encourages small- and medium-sized enterprises where most people in the region work. Mainly agrarian countries should focus on raising agricultural productivity. In urbanizing countries, good urban planning becomes critical. Pacific island countries will need to provide youth with human capital needed to succeed abroad as migrant workers. And, across the region, it is critical to ‘formalize’ more work, to increase the coverage of essential social protection, and to sustain productivity. To this end, policies should encourage mobility of labor and human capital, and not favor some forms of employment - for instance, full-time wage employment in manufacturing - over others, either implicitly or explicitly. Policies to increase growth and well-being from employment should instead reflect and support the dynamism and diversity of work forms across the region. Full text http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/eap/publication/east-asia-pacific-at-work OR https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18198.
	Global Employment Trends 2014: The risk of a jobless recovery. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2014. Abstract: The global labour market situation remains uneven and fragile. True, there are encouraging signs of economic recovery in those advanced economies most affected by the global financial crisis which erupted in 2008. Also, a number of emerging and developing countries − including recently in Sub-Saharan Africa − are enjoying relatively robust economic growth. The world economy may thus be growing somewhat faster than over the past three years. --  However, the report finds that those economic improvements will not be sufficient to absorb the major labour market imbalances that built up in recent years. First, over the foreseeable future, the world economy will probably grow less than was the case before the global crisis. This complicates the task of generating the more than 42 million jobs that are needed every year in order to meet the growing number of new entrants in the labour market. --  Second, and more fundamentally, the root causes of the global crisis have not been properly tackled. The financial system remains the Achilles heel of the world economy. The state of many banks is such that many sustainable enterprises, notably small ones, have limited access to credit, thereby affecting productive investment and job creation. Significant financial bubbles have reappeared in a number of advanced and emerging economies, adding new uncertainties and affecting hiring decisions. Also, global labour incomes continue to increase at a slower pace than justified by observed productivity gains, thus affecting aggregate demand. --  Third − and this is an important new finding in view of the post-2015 development debate − little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work. If confirmed, this trend would unambiguously delay the achievement of development goals. --  To ensure lasting job recovery, the report highlights the role of a strategy that combines short-term measures (job-friendly macroeconomic and labour market policies) with further action to tackle long-standing imbalances. Such a strategy would strengthen the economic recovery and pave the way for more and better jobs. Full text http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2014/WCMS_233953/lang--en/index.htm.
	The state of social safety nets 2014. Gentilini, Ugo; Honorati, Maddalena; Yemtsov, Ruslan. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: This publication begins a series that will monitor and report on social safety nets in developing countries. This first report in the series provides key social safety nets statistics and explains trends using information from 146 countries, including detailed household survey data from 69 countries in the World Bank's Atlas of Social Protection: Indicators of Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE) database. This report reviews important policy and practical developments in social safety net programs and highlights emerging innovations. While the primary focus is on developing and emerging countries, it also includes some references to high-income settings. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18376.

Trade || Thýõng mại
Trade || Thýõng mại

	Regulatory Assessment Toolkit: A Practical Methodology for Assessing Regulation on Trade and Investment in Services. Molinuevo, Martín; Sáez, Sebastián. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: Regulatory Assessment Toolkit: A Practical Methodology for Assessing Regulation on Services Trade and Investment provides guidance on how to assess and reform the regulatory policies of service trade industries. The toolkit can help government officials evaluate whether their regulatory framework addresses market failures, achieves public interest goals in an efficient manner, and promotes the development of an efficient domestic services market. Depending on the circumstances and the needs of the authorities, the toolkit can serve different purposes, including supporting regulatory reform, improving regulatory governance, negotiating and implementing trade agreements, and streamlining regulations to attract foreign investment. The Regulatory Assessment Toolkit will be of particular interest to policy makers and government officials from regulatory bodies, experts at development banks and donor agencies, and academics and researchers in the field of economic regulation. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17255.
	Trade and Transport Corridor Management Toolkit. Kunaka, Charles; Carruthers, Robin. World Bank, 2014. Call no.: TRA 36. Abstract: Trade and transport corridors—major routes that facilitate the movement of people and goods between regions and between countries—have existed for millennia. They enable regions and countries to offer high-capacity transport systems and services that reduce trade and transport costs by creating economies of scale. Regional corridors are particularly important to landlocked countries, often providing the only overland routes to regional and international markets. Despite a long and complex history, guidance is often lacking on how to design, determine the components to include, and analyze the impact of corridor projects. The Trade and Transport Corridor Management Toolkit fills this void. The Toolkit synthesizes the experiences of the World Bank and other development agencies in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating the impact of trade and transport corridor projects. It saves project developers the task of looking for the best available tools and ensures greater consistency to facilitate comparison and benchmarking. The Toolkit will also be of immense value to policy makers in provincial and national governments as well as regional economic institutions, for several reasons: • Corridors affect the space economy of countries; they are best developed with clear estimates of the spatial impacts that can be expected. • A corridor system has multiple components, including infrastructure (roads, railways, ports), transport and logistics services, and regulations; it is important to appreciate the linkages between them, particularly as the overall performance of a corridor is determined by the weakest component. • Many parties with varying interests and motivations have a stake in corridor development. The Toolkit argues for their full participation in corridor development processes and operations. The best functioning modern corridors in the world did not happen by accident; they are often the results of coordinated development and cooperation over many years. The general principles outlined in this Toolkit should help project teams, government officials, logistics service providers, and the trade community to better appreciate both the importance of good corridor project design and the challenges of, and possibilities from, improving corridor performance. Full text https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18241.
	Báo cáo thýõng mại ðiện tử Việt Nam 2013. Bộ Công Thýõng. Cục Thýõng mại Ðiện tử và Công nghệ Thông tin (VECITA), 2014. Ký hiệu: TRA-ECO-V2. Abstract: Nãm 2013, thýõng mại ðiện tử (TMÐT) trên thế giới nói chung và Việt Nam nói riêng tiếp tục phát triển mạnh mẽ. Cùng với việc ứng dụng rộng rãi Internet, TMÐT ðã và ðang xâm nhập vào mọi lĩnh vực kinh doanh, ðời sống; trở thành công cụ quan trọng cho hoạt ðộng của doanh nghiệp và ngýời dân.Sau ba nãm triển khai Quyết ðịnh số 1073/QÐ-TTg của Thủ týớng Chính phủ ngày 12 tháng 7 nãm 2010 phê duyệt Kế hoạch tổng thể phát triển TMÐT giai ðoạn 2011 – 2015, có thể nói nãm 2013 ðã ðánh dấu những býớc chuyển quan trọng về hạ tầng pháp lý cho TMÐT, ðịnh hình sâu sắc cho việc phát triển lĩnh vực này trong thời gian tới. Dựa trên số liệu ðiều tra doanh nghiệp, Báo cáo nãm nay tập trung vào hạ tầng pháp lý của TMÐT, tổng quát các vãn bản quy phạm pháp luật mới nãm 2013. Báo cáo cũng ðýa ra các số liệu thống kê về tình hình ứng dụng TMÐT trong doanh nghiệp, qua ðó ngýời ðọc có thể tự ðýa ra những phân tích, nhận ðịnh về thực trạng phát triển. Ðặc biệt trong ấn phẩm nãm nay, Báo cáo TMÐT Việt Nam 2013 xây dựng một Chýõng riêng về ứng dụng TMÐT trong cộng ðồng nhằm nghiên cứu sâu hõn mức ðộ tiếp cận TMÐT trong các tầng lớp dân cý hiện nay. Full text http://www.vecita.gov.vn/default.aspx?page=document&field=14.
	Vietnam e-commerce report 2013. Ministry of Industry and Trade. Vietnam e-Commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA), 2014. Call no. TRA-ECO-V2. Abstract: After three years of implementing the Decision No. 1073/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister dated July 12, 2010 on approving the Master Plan on E-commerce development for 2011 – 2015 period, it could say that the major transformation of legal infrastructure on E-Commerce in 2013 was marked and orientated clearly for the development in the future. -- According to the statistic of enterprises surveys, this year’s report focuses on the legal infrastructure of E-Commerce as well as the overview of new legal documents which have been issued in 2013. The report also shows the statistics about the status of e-commerce application in enterprises, of which the readers could analyze and judge the development status by themselves. Specially, Vietnam E-commerce Report 2013 also has a separate chapter about applying e-commerce in the community for further studying the exposure of e-commerce in the current strata of society. Full text http://www.vecita.gov.vn/default.aspx?page=document&field=24.
	Báo cáo chỉ số thýõng mại ðiện tử Việt Nam 2013 = Vietnam ebusiness index 2013. Hiệp hội Thýõng mại Ðiện tử Việt Nam. Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM), 2014. Ký hiệu: TRA-ECO-V3. Chỉ số Thýõng mại ðiện tử giúp các cõ quan, tổ chức và doanh nghiệp nhanh chóng ðánh giá ðýợc một cách ðịnh lýợng tình hình ứng dụng thýõng mại ðiện tử trên phạm vi cả nýớc cũng nhý tại mỗi ðịa phýõng trong từng nãm và cũng nhý dễ dàng so sánh sự phát triển qua các nãm. EBI 2013 ðýợc xây dựng trên cõ sở ðiều tra khảo sát hõn ba nghìn doanh nghiệp trên cả nýớc. Kết quả cho thấy nãm 2013, thýõng mại ðiện tử tiếp tục phát triển vững chắc, ðã thâm nhập vào mọi lĩnh vực kinh doanh và có sự gắn kết khãng khít với công nghệ thông tin và truyền thông, trở thành một trong các trụ cột của tiến trình xây dựng xã hội thông tin và kinh tế tri thức ở nýớc ta. Full text http://www.vecom.vn/index.php/about-joomla/tai-lieu/tai-lieu-trong-nuoc.

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