New books at VDIC Library - April 2014 || Sach moi tai thu vien VDIC - Thang 4/2014

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New books at VDIC Library - April 2014 || Sach moi tai thu vien VDIC - Thang 4/2014

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

	The Dynamics Of Economic Growth: Policy Insights from Comparative Analyses in Asia. Vu Minh Khuong. Edward Elga, 2014. Call no.: ECO-DEV-A57. Abstract: The advancement of a nation from poverty to prosperity is not a technical process but a great transformation. At the center of this change are two driving forces – emotion, which is referred to as aspiration, anxiety, and sense of responsibility; and enlightenment, which is associated with the freedom from dogmatism, open-mindedness, and the hunger for learning. It is these two factors that have determined not only the remarkable success of Asia in economic development but also the uniqueness of its growth model. This book examines the rise of Asia in the past two decades and draws lessons from its growth patterns. -- ‘The sixteen countries of developing Asia studied in this book account for half of the world’s population and more than a quarter of its GDP. Their spectacular growth over the last several decades is an unprecedented economic achievement that has lifted millions of people out of poverty. In this volume, Khuong Minh Vu brings together a wealth of data that allow for both an excellent overview of economic growth in the region and a decomposition of growth into its underlying drivers. The book provides a wealth of insights into the growth model that continues to power this remarkable economic transformation.’ -- – David Weil, Brown University, US -- ‘Asia, like other continents outside Western Europe and North America, was poor and considered a least-hope region for breaking the poverty trap in post WWII. However, Asia has surprisingly become the most dynamically growing region in the world in the recent decades with extraordinary speed and scale. This book is an insightful study of the root causes and strategic policy framework of Asia’s development success. It provides convincing analyses to show that other lower-income countries can learn useful lessons from Asia to achieve their aspiration for prosperity. The book is a must-read for all policy makers and students in the developing world and international development institutions.’ -- – Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, China and formerly Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank -- ‘There are many studies that attempt to explain the rapid rise of the economies of East and South Asia. Only a few of these studies base their analysis on a systematic quantitative comparison of the sources of growth in East and South Asia and none do so with more rigor than this work by Professor Vu Minh Khuong. The study is a major contribution to our understanding of these important economies’ performance.’ -- – Dwight Perkins, Harvard Kennedy School, US.
	Quarterly Vietnam Economic Update: Q1 – 2014.  World Bank Vietnam, 2014. Abstract: While macroeconomic performance further improved during 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, economic growth continues to come in below its potential in the face of structural problems in state-owned enterprises and the banking sector, and due to policy distortions that continue to thwart domestic private investment and competition in key sectors. Gains in macroeconomic stability have been underpinned by moderating inflation and strengthening external accounts. The government is facing growing fiscal challenges due to sluggish revenue collection. Growth is likely to remain moderate in 2014 in the absence of visible progress in addressing the mentioned structural problems.
	East Asia Pacific Update April 2014: Preserving Stability and Promoting Growth. The World Bank, 2014. Introduction: •Developing countries in the East Asia Pacific region will see stable economic growth this year, at 7.1 percent, largely unchanged from 2013. --   •While growth is down from the average rate of 8.0 percent from 2009 to 2013, East Asia remains the fastest growing region in the world. --   •In China, growth will ease slightly, to 7.6 percent this year from 7.7 in 2013. --   •Excluding China, the developing region will grow by 5.0 percent, slightly down from 5.2 percent in 2013.     Full text www.worldbank.org/eapupdate.
	Asian Development Outlook 2014: Fiscal Policy for Inclusive Growth. Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2014. Introduction: Developing Asia is expected to extend its steady growth. The region’s growth is projected to edge up from 6.1% in 2013 to 6.2% in 2014 and 6.4% in 2015. Moderating growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as its economy adjusts to more balanced growth will offset to some extent the stronger demand expected from the industrial countries as their economies recover.  -- Risks to the outlook have eased and are manageable. The monetary policy shift in the United States (US) may invite some volatility ahead in financial markets, albeit mitigated by accommodative monetary policy in Japan and the euro area. The regional growth outlook depends on continued recovery in the major industrial economies and on the PRC managing to contain internal credit growth smoothly.   -- Widening income gaps in developing Asia strengthens the case for greater use of fiscal policy to foster equality of opportunity. While the region has benefited from fiscal prudence in the past, demographic and environmental challenges are expected to compete for public resources in the coming years. To boost public spending on equity-enhancing programs such as education and health without undermining fiscal sustainability, the authorities will need to explore a wide range of options for mobilizing revenue and to build equity objectives into their fiscal plans.  -- Full text http://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-outlook-2014-fiscal-policy-inclusive-growth.
	Báo cáo thýờng niên kinh tế Việt Nam 2013: Trên ðýờng gập ghềnh tới týõng lai. Nguyễn, Ðức Thành (chủ biên). Nhà xuất bản Ðại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, 2014. Ký hiệu: ECO-V4. Mục lục (trích): Chýõng 3: Lạm phát ở Việt Nam giai ðoạn hậu gia nhập WTO, 2006-2013; Chýõng 4: Xử lý nợ xấu của hệ thống ngân hàng thýõng mại; Chýõng 5: Nguy cõ giải công nghiệp hóa sớm của Việt Nam sau khi gia nhập khu vực thýõng mại tự do ASEAN-Trung Quốc; Chýõng 6: Sự ðiều chỉnh của thị trýờng lao ðộng trong thời kỳ biến ðộng kinh tế và tái cõ cấu.
	Asia SME finance monitor 2013. Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2014. Abstract: The Asia SME Finance Monitor 2013 is the knowledge sharing product on SMEs in Asia and the Pacific, specially focusing on SME access to finance. The Monitor reviews various country aspects of SME finance covering the banking sector, nonbank sector, and capital markets. It is expected to support evidence-based policy making and regulations on SME finance in the region. This inaugural volume of the annual Asia Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Finance Monitor supports the efforts of ADB's developing member countries to design a comprehensive range of policy options that promote innovative instruments and services in SME finance through the provision of timely and comparative data with in-depth analyses. This report's highlights include the following:   • SMEs are the backbone of Asia’s economies. Further development can support inclusive growth; employment, and the effort to overcome middle-income traps;   • Poor access to finance limits the ability of SMEs to survive and grow. Further bank efficiency is needed; • Limitations of bank lending require diversified SME financing models; • Access to finance is a critical part of SME policies; • SME finance policies focus on bankability; more work is needed on nonbank financing; • SME finance policies should be addressed in a holistic manner that goes beyond already established ways. • Thematic Discussion: Supply Chain Finance for SMEs in Asia - Trends and Key Challenges. Full text http://www.adb.org/publications/asia-sme-finance-monitor-2013.
	Phát triển công nghiệp nhẹ tại Việt Nam: Tạo việc làm và thịnh výợng trong một nền kinh tế thu nhập trung bình. Ðinh Trýờng Hinh; Deepak Mishra; Lê Duy Bình; Phạm Minh Ðức; Phạm Thị Thu Hằng. Ngân hàng Thế giới, 2013. Ký hiệu: IND-V11. Giới thiệu: Cuốn sách dựa trên các phân tích về chuỗi giá trị trong nãm ngành công nghiệp trọng ðiểm của nền công nghiệp nhẹ Việt Nam: kinh doanh nông nghiệp, ðồ da, chế biến gỗ và ðồ gỗ, kim khí và dệt may. Dựa trên những phân tích này, báo cáo Phát triển công nghiệp nhẹ tại Việt Nam ðề xuất các giải pháp chính sách cụ thể ðể giúp các nhà hoạch ðịnh chính sách nhận diện, xác ðịnh lĩnh vực ýu tiên và giải quyết những trở ngại nghiêm trọng nhất trong những ngành công nghiệp nhẹ ðiển hình này. -- Cuốn sách Phát triển công nghiệp nhẹ tại Việt Nam áp dụng một số phýõng pháp sáng tạo. Thứ nhất, nó so sánh mức chi phí giữa Trung Quốc và Việt Nam ðến cấp ngành và cấp sản phẩm. Thứ hai, cuốn sách sử dụng rất nhiều kỹ thuật phân tích ðịnh tính và ðịnh lýợng, cũng nhý tiếp cận có trọng tâm, ðể xác ðịnh những trở ngại chính, cụ thể trong các ngành công nghiệp nhẹ có triển vọng nhất và ðánh giá sự khác biệt về kết quả hoạt ðộng của các doanh nghiệp ở hai quốc gia này. Thứ ba, nó ðề xuất các biện pháp dựa trên thị trýờng và một số biện pháp can thiệp mang tính chọn lọc của chính phủ ðể tháo gỡ những trở ngại ðó. Thứ tý, nó nêu bật mối quan hệ týõng tác lẫn nhau giữa các trở ngại và giải pháp. Ví dụ, giải quyết vấn ðề về ðầu vào cho ngành chế tạo ðòi hỏi phải hành ðộng trong lĩnh vực nông nghiệp, giáo dục và cõ sở hạ tầng. Hy vọng cuốn sách này sẽ khích lệ các nhà hoạch ðịnh chính sách, các doanh nhân và ngýời lao ðộng ở Việt Nam tý duy một cách sáng tạo ðể tận dụng cõ hội trong ngành công nghiệp chế tạo và qua ðó góp phần thúc ðẩy tãng trýởng kinh tế.
	Global Problems, Smart Solutions: Costs and Benefits. Bjørn Lomborg (editor). Cambridge University Press, 2013. Call no: ECO 56. Abstract: Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra $75 billion of development assistance money might best be spent to solve twelve of the major crises facing the world today. Collated in this specially commissioned book, a group of more than 50 experts make their cases for investment, discussing how to combat problems ranging from armed conflicts, corruption and trade barriers, to natural disasters, hunger, education and climate change. For each case, 'Alternative Perspectives' are also included to provide a critique and make other suggestions for investment. In addition, a panel of senior economists, including four Nobel Laureates, rank the attractiveness of each policy proposal in terms of its anticipated cost-benefit ratio. This thought-provoking book opens up debate, encouraging readers to come up with their own rankings and decide which solutions are smarter than others. --- High-profile thought experiment in which more than 50 of the world's top economists outline the cost and benefits of investment proposals to address global problems ranging from armed conflicts and natural disasters to hunger, education and global warming --- Thought-provoking and engaging text that opens up debate; readers are encouraged to make up their own minds about how to prioritize different solutions, based on economic evidence --- Web based tools are available to help readers create their own Copenhagen Consensus - groups can use the same voting algorithm that the Nobel Laureate Expert Panel used to reach a consensus on what solutions to prioritize. --- Issues covered in this volume: Armed conficts ; Ecosystems and biodiversity ; Chronic disease ; Climate change. CO₂ abatement; Technology-led mitigation; Climate engineering R&D ; Climate-change adaptation ; Education ; Hunger and malnutrition ; Infectious disease, injury, and reproductive health ; Natural disasters ; Population growth ; Water and sanitation ;  Corruption and policy reform ; Trade barriers and subsidies.
	How Asia works: success and failure in the world's most dynamic region. Studwell, Joe. Grove Press, 2013. Call no. ECO-DEV-A58. Abstract: In the 1980s and 1990s many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle. Japan was going to dominate, then China. Countries were called “tigers” or “mini-dragons,” and were seen as not just development prodigies, but as a unified bloc, culturally and economically similar, and inexorably on the rise.  -- Joe Studwell has spent two decades as a reporter in the region, and The Financial Times said he “should be named chief myth-buster for Asian business.” In How Asia Works, Studwell distills his extensive research into the economies of nine countries—Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China—into an accessible, readable narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.  -- Studwell’s in-depth analysis focuses on three main areas: land policy, manufacturing, and finance. Land reform has been essential to the success of Asian economies, giving a kick start to development by utilizing a large workforce and providing capital for growth. With manufacturing, industrial development alone is not sufficient, Studwell argues. Instead, countries need “export discipline,” a government that forces companies to compete on the global scale. And in finance, effective regulation is essential for fostering, and sustaining growth. To explore all of these subjects, Studwell journeys far and wide, drawing on fascinating examples from a Philippine sugar baron’s stifling of reform to the explosive growth at a Korean steel mill.  --. File saved in.
	Turn-around: third world lessons for first world growth. Henry, Peter Blair. Basic Books, 2013. Call no.: ECO-DEV 61. Abstract: An influential economist discusses how the stock markets reflect collective wisdom in emerging economies when new reforms are announced, examines emerging economies on a case-by-case basis, and concludes that globalization is the last best hope of the world's poor. File saved in.
	Running randomized evaluations: a practical guide. Rachel Glennerster; Kudzai Takavarasha. Princeton University Press, 2013. Call no.: ECO-EVA 26. Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to running randomized impact evaluations of social programs. Drawing on the experience of researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which has run hundreds of such evaluations in dozens of countries throughout the world, it offers practical insights on how to use this powerful technique, especially in resource-poor environments. --- This step-by-step guide explains why and when randomized evaluations are useful, in what situations they should be used, and how to prioritize different evaluation opportunities. It shows how to design and analyze studies that answer important questions while respecting the constraints of those working on and benefiting from the program being evaluated. The book gives concrete tips on issues such as improving the quality of a study despite tight budget constraints, and demonstrates how the results of randomized impact evaluations can inform policy. --- With its self-contained modules, this one-of-a-kind guide is easy to navigate. It also includes invaluable references and a checklist of the common pitfalls to avoid. -- Provides the most up-to-date guide to running randomized evaluations of social programs, especially in developing countries -- Offers practical tips on how to complete high-quality studies in even the most challenging environments --- Self-contained modules allow for easy reference and flexible teaching and learning --- Comprehensive yet nontechnical.
	Risk Management and Corporate Governance. OECD, 2014. Abstract: This sixth peer review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance analyses the corporate governance framework and practices relating to corporate risk management, in the private sector and in state-owned enterprises. The review covers 26 jurisdictions and is based on a general survey of all participating jurisdictions in December 2012, as well as an in-depth review of corporate risk management in Norway, Singapore and Switzerland.  -- The report finds that while risk-taking is a fundamental driving force in business and entrepreneurship, the cost of risk management failures is often underestimated, both externally and internally, including the cost in terms of management time needed to rectify the situation. The reports thus concludes that corporate governance should ensure that risks are understood, managed, and, when appropriate, communicated.  -- Full text http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/risk-management-and-corporate-governance_9789264208636-en.
	Financial education for youth: The role of schools. OECD, 2014. Abstract: The importance of financial literacy and specifically the need to promote financial education has been recognised as an important contributor to improved financial inclusion and individuals’ financial well-being as well as a support to financial stability. The relevance of financial education policies is acknowledged at the highest global policy level: in 2012, G20 Leaders endorsed the OECD/INFE High-level Principles on National Strategies for Financial Education that specifically identify youth as one of the priority targets of government policies in this domain. That same year, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers of Finance identified financial literacy as a critical life skill.  -- The publication addresses the challenges linked to the introduction of financial education in schools, and provides practical guidance and case studies to assist policy makers, and a comparative analysis of existing learning frameworks for financial education in the formal school system.  -- Full text http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/finance-and-investment/financial-education-in-schools_9789264174825-en.
	National Intellectual Property Systems, Innovation and Economic Development: With perspectives on Colombia and Indonesia. Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), 2014. Abstract: This publication addresses the role of national systems of IP in the socio-economic development of emerging countries, notably through their impact on innovation. It presents a framework that identifies the key mechanisms that enable IP systems to support emerging countries’ innovation and development objectives.   The report also discusses two IP country studies conducted for Colombia and Indonesia. These are based on analyses of the national intellectual property systems, drawing on country missions that gathered detailed information and feedback from more than 100 stakeholders on IP-related priorities and bottlenecks. Concrete policy recommendations are provided for both countries. Full text http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/national-intellectual-property-systems-innovation-and-economic-development_9789264204485-en.
	Building new competition law regimes: Selected essays. Lewis, David (editor). Edward Elgar; International Development Resource Centre (IDRC), 2014. Call no.: ECO-POL 58. Abstract: This book focuses on the development of competition law institutions. It also provides case studies that examine the development of these institutions against the backdrop of the debate on the global convergence of competition law and the limits imposed by national circumstances. Individual chapters examine the development of competition law regimes in diverse countries – Mexico, Hungary, South Africa, Thailand (with remarks on South Korea), and Zambia. The remaining chapters look at the role of multinational institutions, particularly the International Competition Network, and the practice of, and potential for, regional competition law arrangements. Full text http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Resources/Publications/Pages/IDRCBookDetails.aspx?PublicationID=1205.
	Swiss made: Chuyện chýa từng ðýợc kể về những thành công phi thýờng của ðất nýớc Thụy Sĩ. Breiding, R. James; Lê, Trung Hoàng Tuyến (dịch). Nhà xuất bản Lao ðộng Xã hội , 2013. Ký hiệu: ECO-DEV 62.
ECO-DEV-A60. Das, Tarun; Mathur, Colette; Richter, Frank-Jurgen; Kiến Vãn; Huyền Trang (dịch). Ấn Ðộ sự trỗi dậy của một cýờng quốc. Nhà xuất bản Từ ðiển Bách khoa, 2013. ECO-DEV-A61. Ngô, Xuân Bình (chủ biên); Viện Nghiên cứu Ấn Ðộ và Tây Nam Á. Những vấn ðề kinh tế chính trị cõ bản của Ấn Ðộ thập niên ðầu thế kỷ XXI và dự báo xu hýớng ðến nãm 2020. Nhà xuất bản Từ ðiển Bách khoa, 2013. ECO-POL-A59. Nguyễn, Kim Bảo (chủ biên); Viện Nghiên cứu Trung Quốc. Sự trỗi dậy về kinh tế của Trung Quốc và những vấn ðề ðặt ra cho Việt Nam. Nhà xuất bản Từ ðiển Bách khoa, 2013. ICT-SCI 22. Fukuyama, Francis; Hà Hải Châu (dịch). Týõng lai hậu nhân loại: Hậu quả của cuộc cách mạng sinh học. Nhà xuất bản Trẻ, 2013.

Social enterprise || Doanh nghiệp xã hội
Social enterprise || Doanh nghiệp xã hội

	Building social business: the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs. Muhammad Yunus; Karl Weber. Public Affairs, 2010. Call no.: ECO-ADM-CSR 1. Abstract: Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. Here, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the US. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.
	The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook: How to Start, Build, and Run a Business That Improves the World. Rupert Scofield. McGraw-Hill, 2011. Call no.: ECO-ADM-CSR 11. Contents: Part 1. Righting the unrightable wrong and finding your mission possible. Identifying your constituency and arranging your apprenticeship --  The big idea and finding a mentor --   Part 2. It takes an asylum. We few, we happy few: the founding fathers --  Wanted: resourceful humans: recruiting the best minds money can't buy --  Still wanted: more resourceful humans: and the interview techniques to find them --  Managing them: on the herding, roping, and hog-tying of cats --  Continuing to manage, and staying in touch --  Leading them: finding your inner Andre Previn --   Part 3. Money does grow on trees, but you have to plant them first. The private pillar: Brother, can you spare a dime? --  Private pillar pitfalls: sponsorship programs and dealing with donors --  The power of the other pillars: public and internal --  Communication: from “Who?” to Wheaties --   Part 4. Not rocket science: structure, systems, technology, and strategy. Your organization's structure and business and financial models --  Systems: give me liberty, or give me systems! --  Strategy: getting beyond “Everybody go long” --   Part 5. Thriving and surviving. But it used to work so well!: The time and place for innovation --  Governance by dummies: wise counsel or micromanagement by the ignorant? --  Humanitarians at the gate: surviving and thriving in the treacherous world of the modern nonprofit.
	Social enterprise: Accountability and evaluation around the world. Simon Denny; Fred Seddon (editors). Routledge, 2014. Call no.: ECO-ADM-CSR 12. Contents: Part I: Overview 1. Evaluating Social Enterprise: An International Perspective Part II: Defining Social Enterprise: A Theoretical Perspective 2. Social Enterprise or Social Entrepreneurship: Which Matters and Why? 3. Social Enterprise Management: How do Social Enterprises Compete 4. It's not You, it's Me!: Breaking up Social Entrepreneurship Identity Part III: Evaluating Social Enterprise: International Research Studies 5.Working for a Social Enterprise: An Exploration of Employee Rewards and Motivations 6. When Social Enterprises do it Better: Efficiency and Efficacy of Work Integration in the Italian Social Cooperatives 7. Fostering Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees?: Evaluating the Outcomes of Work Integration Social Enterprise 8. Does Social Enterprise offer any Added Value?: A Comparative Evaluation of the Outcome Benefits of Work-Integration Programmes in the Third and Private Sectors 9. How do we know if Social Enterprise Works?: Tools for Assessing Social Enterprise Performance Part IV: Evaluating Social Enterprise: A Critical Perspective 10. Filling the Capital Gap: Institutionalizing 'Social' Finance 11. In Futile Search of Excellence: The 'Muddling through Agenda' of Service-Providing Social Enterprises in Contemporary Europe 12. Social Enterprise through a Critical Appreciative Lens Part V: The Future for Evaluation of Social Enterprise 13. Summarising and Projecting into the Future.
	The solution revolution: How business, government, and social enterprises are teaming up to solve society's toughest problems. William D Eggers; Paul Macmillan. Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. Call no.: ECO-ADM-CSR 2. Contents: Introduction: the power of the solution economy: the new trillion-dollar market for public good --   The wavemakers: the rising new players engaged in delivering societal solutions --   Disruptive technologies: creating the ability to mobilize massive resources --   Business models that scale: radical innovations in delivering public benefit --   The currencies: how new impact currencies fuel the solution economy --   Public-value exchanges: new platforms that match capital to social need --   The ecosystems: converging around big, hairy, audacious problems --   Creating your own solution revolution: a quick guide to changing the world- seriously. ". File saved in.

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

	Community-based forest biomass monitoring: Action research in PNG, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. SCHEYVENS Henry, BICH Do Thi Ngoc, and others. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2014. Abstract: The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with some of our key partners and local communities, launched an action research project in five countries – Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam – beginning in 2010 to develop and test approaches to engage local communities in forest biomass monitoring. This report reflects some of the knowledge acquired during the action research and describes how the action research evolved in each country. Full text http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4992.
	Conciliation of land disputes in Vietnam: A critical analysis of current law and practice with recommendations for reform. Institute for Research on Policy, Law and Development (PLD). Asian Foundation; AusAID, 2013. Call number: AGR-LAN-V17. Abstract: In order to understand the current state of land dispute conciliation in Vietnam and to attempt to identify routes for improvement, The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, commissioned this study by the Institute for Research on Policy, Law and Development (PLD). Consisting of desk research, focus group discussions in four provinces and stakeholder interviews and surveys in five additional provinces, the study seeks to critically analyze current law and practice of land dispute conciliation in Vietnam and identify key recommendations for reform. Full text http://asiafoundation.org/publications/pdf/1338. File saved in. Conciliation-of-Land-Disputes-in-Vietnam.pdf
Biến ðổi xã hội nông thôn trong quá trình dồn ðiền ðổi thửa, tích tụ ruộng ðất và ðô thị hóa. Vũ Hào Quang (chủ biên). Nhà xuất bản Ðại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, 2013. Ký hiệu: AGR-LAN-V18. Mục lục (trích): Chýõng 3: Biến ðổi xã hội ở nông thôn Hải Dýõng; Biến ðổi cõ cấu dân số-lao ðộng; Biến ðổi cõ cấu nghề nghiệp; Chýõng 4: Các nhân tố tác ðộng ðến cõ cấu xã hội ở nông thôn Hải Dýõng: Quá trình ðô thị hóa; Thực trạng ðô thị hóa và sự thu hút lực lýợng lao ðộng từ khu vực nông nghiệp sang công nghiệp; Dý thừa lao ðộng và thất nghiệp do chuyển ðổi ðất nông nghiệp thành công nghiệp; Bất bình ðằng, xung ðột và các tệ nạn xã hội; Quá trình tích tụ ruộng ðất, dồn ðiền, ðổi thửa.
Những vấn ðề kinh tế xã hội ở nông thôn trong quá trình công nghiệp hóa, hiện ðại hóa: Kỷ yếu hội thảo khoa học. Ðại học Quốc gia Hà Nội. Trung tâm Ðào tạo Bồi dýỡng Giảng viên Lý luận Chính trị. Nhà xuất bản Ðại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, 2010. Ký hiệu: AGR-RUR-V20. Mục lục (trích): Một số vấn ðề xã hội nảy sinh từ chính sách thu hồi ðất ðai ðôi với nông dân / Chu Vãn Cấp; Phát triển nông nghiệp nông thôn / Ðặng Kim Sõn; Kinh tế hộ nông dân và kinh tế trang trại / Phạm Thị Lýõng Diệu; Việc làm và thu nhập cho ngýời dân bị thu hồi ðất / Vũ Trýờng Giang; Cõ cấu kinh tế nông thôn / Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hằng; Chính sách tam nông của Trung Quốc / Nguyễn Thị Mai Hoa; Phát triển bền vững ðất nông nghiệp ở Thái Bình và an ninh lýõng thực / Nguyễn Thị Tô Hoài; Việc làm cho nông dân bị thu hồi ðất / Nguyễn Thị Thu Hoài; Di chuyển lao ðộng và sự biến ðổi cõ cấu kinh tế hộ gia ðình / Trần Hoài; Chuyển dịch cõ cấu kinh tế nông nghiệp, nông thôn / Ðào Thị BÍch Hồng; Chuyển giao kết quả nghiên cứu khoa học và công nghệ / Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng; Vai trò của trí thức / Lê Vãn Hùng; Xây dựng ðội ngũ cán bộ cấp xã / Nguyễn Thị Thu Hýờng; Ðào tạo nghề cho nông dân / Bùi Thị Ngọc Lan; Lao ðộng nông thôn tại các khu công nghiệp; Ô nhiễm môi trýờng; Nhân lực và ðào tạo nguồn nhân lực nông thôn; Các cụm, khu công nghiệp ở Hà Nội và vấn ðề nông dân bị mất ðất nông nghiệp.
AGR-V11. Mai, Ngọc Anh (chủ biên). Tách biệt xã hội về kinh tế ðối với nông dân Việt Nam. Nhà xuất bản Chính trị Quốc gia, 2013. AGR-V12. Khúc Thị Thanh Vân (chủ biên); Viện Nghiên cứu Phát triển Bền vững Vùng. Tác ðộng của vốn xã hội ðến nông dân trong quá trình phát triển bền vững nông thôn vùng ðồng bằng Bắc Bộ (2010-2020). Nhà xuất bản Khoa hoc Xã hội, 2013.

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

	Education policy in developing countries. Paul Glewwe (editor). University of Chicago Press, 2014. Call no.: EDU-POL 30. Abstract: Surveying many aspects of education - from administrative structures to the availability of health care to parent and student incentives, this book features contributors who synthesize an impressive diversity of data, paying attention to the gross imbalances in educational achievement that still exist between developed and developing countries. -- Contents: -- Overview of education issues in developing countries / Paul Glewwe -- School resources and educational outcomes in developing countries: a review of the literature from 1990 to 2010 / Paul Glewwe, Eric A. Hanushek, Sarah Humpage, and Renato Ravina -- Preschool programs in developing countries / Jere R. Behrman, Patrice Engle, and Lia Fernald -- Child health and educational outcomes / Harold Alderman and Hoyt Bleakley -- Incentives for students and parents / Jere R. Behrman, Susan W. Parker, and Petra E. Todd -- School management in developing countries / Sebastian Galiani and Ricardo Perez-Truglia -- Competition and educational productivity: incentives writ large / W. Bentlet MacLeod and Miguel Urquiola -- Comparative cost-effectiveness analysis to inform policy in developing countries: a general framework with applications for education / Iqbal Dhaliwal, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, and Caitlin Tulloch.
	Education for All - Global Monitoring Report 2013/4: Teaching and learning: Achieveing quality for all. UNESCO, 2014. Call no.: EDU-EQU 15. Abstract: The 2013/4 Education for All Global Monitoring Report shows why education is pivotal for development in a rapidly changing world. It explains how investing wisely in teachers, and other reforms aimed at strengthening equitable learning, transform the long-term prospects of people and societies.   Full text http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/2013/.
	The Human Capital Report. World Economic Forum; Mercer, 2013. Abstract: Through the the World Economic Forum seeks to provide a holistic, long term overview on how well countries are leveraging their human capital and establishing workforces that are prepared for the demands of competitive economies. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking human capital, the highlights countries that are role models in investing in the health, education and talent of their people and providing an environment where these investments translate into productivity for the economy. In addition, through extensive additional information on the 122 countries covered, the seeks to provide a fuller picture of the context within which human capital is operating in any particular country. Full text http://reports.weforum.org/human-capital-index-2013/#=.
	Creating New Models: Innovative Public-Private Partnerships for Inclusive Development in Latin America. World Economic Forum, 2014. Abstract: In this report, the members of the Global Agenda Council on Latin America have chosen to illustrate, through a series of brief case studies, the creativity and commitment displayed throughout the region in the design and execution of innovative public-private partnerships in areas such as education, health and environmental sustainability.  -- These studies highlight the benefits of capitalizing on the strengths of the different sectors in question, and support the notion that in an ever-connected world, no actor can deliver maximum social benefit alone. The council believes that there are additional benefits to sharing practices described here as a way of underpinning confidence in well-structures partnerships, as inspiration for other countries in the region and beyond to replicate and build upon these models, and as a window into the ingenuity of the region. With this report, the Council has made a valuable contribution to the definition of the regional agenda, anticipating important trends and issues in the region. It reflects the diversity of the Council Members’ experiences and views, and their understanding of local interests.  -- Full text http://www.weforum.org/reports/creating-new-models-innovative-public-private-partnerships-inclusive-development-latin-ameri.
	Doing survey research: A guide to quantitative methods. Peter M. Nardi. Paradigm, 2014. Call no.: EDU-RES 35. Abstract: The significantly updated third edition of this short, practical book prepares students to write a questionnaire, generate a sample, conduct their own survey research, analyze data, and write up the results, while learning to read and interpret excerpts from published research. It combines statistics and survey research methods in a single book.  -- Features of the Third Edition:  -- Updates data and examples from contemporary academic and popular articles, including ones focused on topics related to social media, websites, and blogs, relevant to today's web-oriented students. -- Strengthens connections between questionnaire design, online surveys, and statistical analysis. -- Includes new methods for web-based surveys--and discussion of issues the surveys raise. -- Expands research examples to reflect a greater diversity of subject fields and topics, such as sociology,education, political science, health, social work, psychology, and communications. -- Adds new “Test Yourself” exercises to each chapter with answers in the appendix and on the book's website. -- Accompanied by an author-written Instructor's Manual with test questions. -- Provides additional guidance, research ideas, references, and examples for each chapter of the book on the new Doing Survey Research website.
EDU-POL-V18. Nguyễn, Mạnh Cầm. Ðổi mới và phát triển giáo dục hýớng tới xây dựng cả nýớc trở thành một xã hội học tập. Nhà xuất bản Dân trí, 2013.

Environment || Môi trýờng
Environment || Môi trýờng

Adaptation decision making frameworks and tools: Multi-criteria decision making tools for prioritizing adaptation actions at community level. SIVAPURAM Prabhakar (editor). Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2014. Abstract: There is a lack of holistic frameworks to help climate change adaptation practitioners identify and implement CCA (climate change adaptation) actions. Keeping this in view, several frameworks for CCA decision making have evolved in recent years. Though these frameworks are still at nascent stages and are yet to be field tested, studies of these frameworks indicate that they are a step in right direction and provide ample insights into principles and practices of CCA decision making. This paper identifies various issues to be considered in measuring progress in climate change adaptation metrics, how various monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks have approached the problem of measuring the effectiveness of CCA actions, discusses various prominent M&E frameworks, and provides guidelines and possible ways forward. Full text http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4969.

Best Practices and Recommendations for Waste Reduction: Towards Sustainable Consumption. Friends of the Earth Japan; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2014. Abstract: This report was developed by Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) with updated case studies as an English-language version of the Japanese report “Yori sukunai shigen de yori yutakana kurashi wo (A Richer Life with Fewer Resources),” published by FoE Japan in March 2013. This report was produced for policymakers, experts, NGOs, and local organizations that are involved in 3R policies in developing countries in Asia as reference for actions to reduce waste. Although there may be cases that are not necessarily suitable for the current situation in developing countries in Asia, we expect that this paper will be helpful as a compilation of specific measures to reduce and prevent wastes. Full text http://www.foejapan.org/en/waste/policy/pdf/140227.pdf.

Gender || Vấn ðề giới
Gender || Vấn ðề giới

GEN 33. Ðãng Trýờng. Giới, bình ðẳng giới và phát triển bền vững. Nhà xuất bản Dân trí, 2014.

Governance || Quản trị nhà nýớc
Governance || Quản trị nhà nýớc

	Improving the Effectiveness of Information Provision for National Assembly Deputies. Training Center for Elected Representatives (TCER); Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), Asian Foundation, 2013. Call no.: GOV-PAR 8. Abstract: This summary paper aims to assist development of an improved understanding of the policy analysis and information needs of National Assembly deputies in Vietnam, review the existing structure of information provision and provide recommendations of how challenges in information provision can be addressed. The research used a combination of desk research, focus group discussions and a survey of 274 National Assembly deputies and over 500 of their support staff. The research was carried out between 2012 and 2013 by the Training Center for Elected Representatives (TCER) with technical assistance from the Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN) as well as technical and funding support from The Asia Foundation. Full text http://asiafoundation.org/publications/pdf/1339.
	The Viet Nam provincial governance and public administration performance index (PAPI) 2013: Measuring citizens’ experiences. Centre for Community Support & Development Studies (CECODES); Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2014. Call no.: GOV-REF-V5. Full text http://www.papi.vn/documents-and-data-download.
	Chỉ số hiệu quả quản trị và hành chính công cấp tỉnh ở Việt Nam (PAPI) 2013: Ðo lýờng từ kinh nghiệm thực tiễn của ngýời dân. Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Phát triển và Hỗ trợ Cộng ðồng (CECODES); Mặt trận Tổ quốc Việt Nam (MTTQ); Chýõng trình Phát triển Liên hợp quốc (UNDP), 2014. Ký hiệu: GOV-REF-V5. Abstract: Với cách tiếp cận ðánh giá ða chiều về quản trị, bộ chỉ số PAPI gồm sáu nội dung lớn (trục nội dung): (i) sự  tham gia của ngýời dân ở cấp cõ sở, (ii) công khai, minh bạch, (iii) trách nhiệm giải trình của chính quyền ðối với ngýời dân, (iv) kiểm soát tham nhũng, (v) thủ tục hành chính công, và (vi) cung ứng dịch vụ công. Nhý vậy, PAPI có thể coi là bức tranh tổng hòa của sáu mảng ghép lớn với nhiều chỉ báo về về hiện trạng và hiệu quả của công tác quản trị và hành chính công cấp tỉnh. Full text http://www.papi.vn/documents-and-data-download.
	Municipal government in Vietnam: Case studies of Ho Chi Minh city and Da Nang. GOV-V3. Nguyen Thi Canh; and others. Asian Foundation; University of Ecnomics and Law, 2013. Abstract: This study, conducted in the context of Vietnam's constitutional revision and renewed efforts to consider how to empower urban governments to support development, analyzes past debates on the effectiveness of the three layers of urban government and assesses the effectiveness of urban government structures in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. The study directly compares urban management approaches, identifying higher levels of satisfaction in Da Nang and estimating that if identified innovations in Da Nang were adopted in Ho Chi Minh City, then GDP growth could have been boosted by up to 0.21% per annum.  -- The study was conducted by the University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City with financial and technical support from The Asia Foundation. Full text http://asiafoundation.org/publications/pdf/1336.

Health || Y tế
Health || Y tế

Báo cáo chung Tổng quan ngành y tế nãm 2013: Hýớng tới bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân. Bộ Y tế; Nhóm Ðối tác Y tế, 2013. Ký hiệu: HEA-FIN-V3. Báo cáo JAHR 2013, ðýợc xây dựng vào nãm thứ ba của chu kỳ kế hoạch 5 nãm, có nhiệm vụ týõng tự nhý báo cáo nãm 2012, ðã lựa chọn ðể phân tích sâu chủ ðề Bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân – một chủ ðề ðang ðýợc cả thế giới quan tâm. Phần Một: Cập nhật thực trạng hệ thống y tế Việt Nam, có những nội dung chính sau ðây: - Những nhiệm vụ trọng tâm của ngành y tế nãm 2013 và các chính sách trong lĩnh vực y tế mới ðýợc ban hành nãm 2012 và 2013. - Tình hình thực hiện các nhiệm vụ trọng tâm của Kế hoạch 5 nãm 2011–2015, bao gồm i) Tãng cýờng nãng lực quản lý của ngành y tế; ii) Nhân lực y tế; iii) Tài chính y tế; iv) Dýợc và trang thiết bị y tế; v) Hệ thống thông tin y tế; vi) Cung ứng dịch vụ y tế (gồm dịch vụ CSSKBÐ, YTDP, Dân số-KHHGÐ; dịch vụ khám, chữa bệnh. - Tiến ðộ thực hiện các chỉ tiêu sức khỏe trong Kế hoạch 5 nãm và các Mục tiêu Thiên niên kỷ về y tế của Việt Nam. ---- Phần Hai: phân tích chủ ðề Bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân, gồm ba chýõng: Chýõng II: Khung lý thuyết và các khái niệm liên quan về bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân. Chýõng III: Bao phủ dịch vụ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân. Chýõng IV: Bảo vệ tài chính ðể thực hiện bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân. Phần Ba của báo cáo là kết luận, tổng hợp các nhận ðịnh chính về thực trạng hệ thống y tế Việt Nam và về chủ ðề bao phủ chãm sóc sức khỏe toàn dân; và khuyến nghị các giải pháp cho những vấn ðề ýu tiên của kế hoạch 2014 và những nãm tiếp theo. Phụ lục của báo cáo gồm có bảng tóm tắt các vấn ðề ýu tiên và giải pháp và bảng các chỉ số theo dõi ðánh giá các lĩnh vực y tế. Full text http://jahr.org.vn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218:jahr-2013-uhc&catid=47:bao-cao-da-xay-dung&Itemid=83&lang=vi.

Joint Annual Health Review 2013: Towards Universal Health Coverage. Ministry of Health (MOH); Health Partnership Group (HPG), 2013. Call no.: HEA-FIN-V3. Abstract: The 2013 JAHR was developed in the third year of the five-year planning cycle, with a task similar to the 2012 JAHR, but with the in-depth analysis focused on Universal health coverage (UHC), a topic that is currently receiving global attention. PART ONE:  Update on the Situation of the Health System, has the following contents: Major tasks of the health sector  in 2013 and health-related policies newly issued in 2012 and 2013. -  Assessment of progress  implementing key  tasks of the  five-year plan  for the period 2011–2015, covering the following contents: (i) health sector governance; (ii) human resources for health;  (iii)  health financing; iv)  pharmaceuticals and medical equipment;  (v)  health  information  systems;  (vi)  primary care, preventive medicine, national health target programs,  reproductive health  and population-family planning services; and (vii) medical service delivery. -  Assessment of progress in implementing  five-year plan  targets and MDGs for Vietnam. PART TWO:  In-depth analysis of the topic “Towards universal health coverage”, including three chapters: Chapter II: Theoretical framework and concepts related to UHC. Chapter III: Health care service coverage. Chapter IV: Financial protection in universal coverage. PART THREE of the report consists of the Conclusions – a  synthesis of the main findings on Vietnam’s health system and the topic of universal health coverage  –  and Recommendations  –  proposed  solutions to priority problems for the 2014 annual health sector plan and for subsequent years. The Appendix  to the report includes a summary table of monitoring and evaluation indicators covering various aspects of the health system. Full text http://jahr.org.vn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218%3Ajahr-2013-uhc&catid=47%3Abao-cao-da-xay-dung&Itemid=83&lang=en.

Urban development || Phát triển ðô thị
Urban development || Phát triển ðô thị

Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization. World Bank, 2014. Abstract: The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization:  -- 1. Reforming land management and institutions   •Because most of the urban expansion in recent years was on converted rural land, the report says currently the amount of farmland available is close to the “red line” of 120 million hectares, which is considered to be the minimum necessary to ensure food security.  •More efficient use of land will require stronger property rights for farmers, higher compensation for land requisition, new mechanisms for converting rural construction land to urban uses, and market-driven pricing for urban land allocation.  •Legal limits should be set up on rural land taken for public purposes by local governments.  -- 2. Reforming the hukou household-registration system to provide equal access to quality services for all citizens and create a more mobile and versatile labor force  •The system should remove barriers to labor mobility from rural to urban areas, as well as between cities, to help boost workers’ wages.  -- 3. Placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing, while creating financial discipline for local governments  •The report recommends moving to a revenue system that would ensure a higher portion of local expenditures is financed by local revenues, such as property taxes and higher charges for urban services.   -- 4. Reforming urban planning and design  •In cities, basing the government prices for industrial land on market value can encourage land-intensive industries to move to smaller, secondary cities.  •Cities can also make better use of existing urban land through flexible zoning, with smaller plots and more mixed land use, which would lead to denser and more efficient urban development.  •Linking transport infrastructure with urban centers and promoting coordination among cities would encourage better management of congestion and pollution.   -- 5. Managing environmental pressures   •China already has tough environmental laws, regulations and standards, so the most important task for achieving greener urbanization is enforcement. --  •Market-based tools, such as taxes and trading systems for carbon, air and water pollution, and energy, can also be used more to meet environmental targets.   6. Improving local governance   •The performance evaluation system of local officials could be adjusted to give greater incentives for a more efficient, inclusive and sustainable urbanization process. Full text http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/publication/urban-china-toward-efficient-inclusive-sustainable-urbanization.

Labor || Lao ðộng
Labor || Lao ðộng

	Ðiều tra quốc gia về lao ðộng trẻ em 2012: Các kết quả chính. Nguyen Thị Lan Huong; Nguyen Bao Cuong; Tong Thi Mai Hong; Phan Thị Minh Hiền; Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan; Ðồng Bá Hýớng; Mai Vãn Cầm. Tổ chức Lao ðộng Quốc tế; Bộ Lao ðộng - Thýõng binh và Xã hội; Tổng cục thống kê, 2014. Ký hiệu: LAB-CHI-V10. Nãm 1986, Việt Nam thực hiện công cuộc “ðổi mới”, chuyển nền kinh tế kế hoạch hóa tập trung sang nền kinh tế thị trýờng ðịnh hýớng xã hội chủ nghĩa. Sau gần 30 nãm ðổi mới, Việt Nam ðã ðạt ðýợc những thành tựu to lớn về phát triển kinh tế xã hội; ðồng thời công tác bảo vệ, chãm sóc và giáo dục trẻ em ðã có sự chuyển biến tích cực, ðạt ðýợc nhiều thành quả quan trọng. Tuy nhiên, trên thực tế mức thu nhập bình quân ðầu ngýời ở Việt Nam còn thấp, tình trạng chênh lệch mức sống giữa các nhóm dân cý, giữa các vùng miền gia tãng, bên cạnh ðó những tác ðộng tiêu cực của nền kinh tế thị trýờng với sự thay ðổi cấu trúc, vai trò của gia ðình, quan niệm và chuẩn mực xã hội cũng có những thay ðổi nhất ðịnh ðã và ðang ảnh hýởng trực tiếp ðến trẻ em. Số trẻ em có hoàn cảnh ðặc biệt, trong ðó có trẻ em phải lao ðộng sớm có xu hýớng tãng. -- Không phải mọi hình thức lao ðộng của trẻ em ðýợc coi là lao ðộng trẻ em (LÐTE): trong bối cảnh của Việt Nam, kinh tế hộ gia ðình còn chiếm tỷ trọng lớn, thị trýờng lao ðộng chýa phát triển, trẻ em trong những lứa tuổi nhất ðịnh có thể tham gia làm một số công việc với lýợng thời gian nhất ðịnh mà không ảnh hýởng ðáng kể ðến tình trạng sức khỏe, học tập và sự phát triển của trẻ em. Tuy vậy, một bộ phận trẻ em ðã và ðang tham gia vào những công việc có thời gian kéo dài, các công việc có nguy cõ thuộc nhóm nặng nhọc, ðộc hại, nguy hiểm có ảnh hýởng ðến sức khỏe, sự phát triển và cõ hội học tập của trẻ, ðòi hỏi phải có những giải pháp phòng ngừa, can thiệp ðể bảo vệ trẻ em, tạo môi trýờng lành mạnh cho mọi trẻ em phát triển toàn diện. -- Ðể có ðýợc cõ sở dữ liệu quốc gia về LÐTE, góp phần thực hiện mục tiêu toàn cầu về xóa bỏ các hình thức LÐTE tồi tệ nhất vào nãm 2016, ðýợc sự hỗ trợ kỹ thuật của Tổ chức Lao ðộng quốc tế (ILO) thông qua Chýõng trình quốc tế về xóa bỏ lao ðộng trẻ em (IPEC), nãm 2012 Tổng cục Thống kê (GSO) ðã tiến hành cuộc ðiều tra toàn quốc về LÐTE. Full text http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Whatwedo/Publications/WCMS_237833/lang--en/index.htm.
	Viet Nam National Child Labour Survey 2012: Main findings. Nguyen Thị Lan Huong; Nguyen Bao Cuong; Tong Thi Mai Hong; Phan Thị Minh Hiền; Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan; Ðồng Bá Hýớng; Mai Vãn Cầm. International Labour Organization (ILO); Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA); General Statistics Office (GSO), 2014. Call no.: LAB-CHI-V10. Abstract: This is the first national child labour survey in Viet Nam. With ILO technical support, the survey of 50,640 households was carried out by the General Statistical Office and the report was prepared by the Institute for Labour Sciences and Social Affairs. Full text http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Whatwedo/Publications/WCMS_237833/lang--en/index.htm.
LAB-MAR-V27. Nguyễn Thị Hải Vân. Ðô thị hóa và việc làm lao ðộng ngoại thành Hà Nội. Nhà xuất bản Khoa hoc Xã hội, 2013.

Public sector || Khu vực công
Public sector || Khu vực công

	Tài chính Việt Nam 2013-2014: Cải cách thể chế, cân ðối tài khóa. Viện Chiến lýợc và Chính sách Tài chính. Nhà xuất bản Tài chính, 2014. Ký hiệu: PUB-FIN-V3. Mục lục (trích): Chiến lýợc tài chính; Giám sát tài chính vĩ mô; Nợ công; Tái cõ cấu ðầu tý công; Tái cõ cấu thị trýờng tài chính; Tái cõ cấu tập ðoàn, tổng công ty nhà nýớc; Ðiều chỉnh giá xãng dầu và lạm phát; Chính sách tài khóa và lạm phát mục tiêu; Minh bạch tài khóa; Cõ chế chuyển giao ngân sách giữa trung ýõng và ðịa phýõng; Quan hệ ðối tác nhà nýớc - tý nhân; Chuyển ðổi ðõn vị sự nghiệp công lập sang doanh nghiệp trong lĩnh vực giáo dục ðào tạo; Chuyển bệnh viện công lập sang mô hình doanh nghiệp; Chuyển tổ chức khoa học công nghệ sang mô  hình doanh nghiệp; Thuế tài nguyên; Thị trýờng tài chính tiền tệ 2013; Thị trýờng mua bán nợ; Thị trýờng chứng khoán phái sinh; Nhà ðầu tý tổ chức và thị trýờng chứng khoán; Chính sách tín dụng ðầu tý của nhà nýớc; Giám sát các tập ðoàn tài chính; nãng lực tài chính doanh nghiệp; Chi phí sử dụng vốn; Cõ cấu vốn tối ýu; Chuyển giá; Công nghiệp hỗ trợ; Ðầu tý nýớc ngoài ; Hiệp ðịnh thýõng mại; Kinh tế Trung Quốc ;Tam nông; An sinh xã hội.
	Tóm lýợc báo cáo Sửa ðổi Luật thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp và Luật thuế giá trị gia tãng: Phân tích Những Thay ðổi Hiện tại và Kế hoạch cho Týõng lai. Gangadha Parasad Shukla; Sandeep Bhattacharya; Duc Minh Pham. Ngân hàng Thế giới; Vụ Chính sách Thuế. Bộ Tài chính, 2014. Ký hiệu: PUB-TAX-V18. Nghiên cứu ðýợc trình bày gồm hai phần, phần thứ nhất ðề cập ðến các nội dung chính sách về thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp, bao gồm các nội dung nhý chi phí ðýợc trừ ðể xác ðịnh thu nhập chịu thuế, chuyển giá, vốn mỏng, ðánh thuế ðối với các cõ sở ðặc thù và ýu ðãi thuế. Tất cả những nội dung này ðýợc nghiên cứu dựa trên kinh nghiệm quốc tế của thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp áp dụng trên toàn cầu. Cuối cùng, ðề xuất mức thuế suất hợp lý và tác ðộng tới số thu thuế TNDN sử dụng mô hình dự báo ðýợc ðề cập. Các quy ðịnh hiện hành của pháp luật cũng ðýợc dẫn chiếu trong phần này của nghiên cứu, và phạm vi tiếp tục cải cách cũng ðýợc thảo luận nếu cần thiết. -- Phần thứ hai của nghiên cứu trình bày phân tích týõng tự về thuế giá trị gia tãng cũng nhý dự báo số thu thuế giá trị gia tãng. Phần này xem xét cấu trúc thuế suất bao gồm thuế suất 0%, không chịu thuế giá trị gia tãng và hoàn thuế giá trị gia tãng. Phần này cũng nghiên cứu việc ðánh thuế một số lĩnh vực ðặc thù nhý nông nghiệp, bất ðộng sản và lĩnh vực xuất khẩu. Một lần nữa, tất cả những nội dung này ðýợc nghiên cứu trong môi trýờng kinh nghiệm quốc tế về thuế giá trị gia tãng ở các nýớc OECD, các nýớc kinh tế mới nổi và các nýớc ASEAN ðể có ðýợc một bức tranh thực tế và hiện thực. Cuối cùng, một mô hình dự báo số thu thuế giá trị gia tãng ðýợc trình bày cùng với hýớng dẫn ýớc tính ngýỡng không chịu thuế GTGT ðối với ngýời kinh doanh nhỏ. Tất cả các nội dung trình bày tham chiếu các quy ðịnh pháp luật hiện hành và hýớng tới tiếp tục củng cố và hoàn thiện thuế giá trị gia tãng. -- Nhý ðã nêu ở trên, cải cách thuế là một cuộc cách mạng hõn là một bài tập thực hành. Bởi vậy, nghiên cứu này nên ðýợc ðọc nhý tài liệu tham khảo cho thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp và thuế giá trị gia tãng hiện hành, những ðiểm mạnh, ðiểm yếu của chúng và những gì còn phải thực hiện. Kinh nghiệm quốc tế trình bày trong cả hai phần này sẽ giúp xác nhận những lời ðề nghị và ðề xuất cải cách thuế trong týõng lai. -- Báo cáo tóm tắt trình bày các kết quả nghiên cứu ðối với cả hai thuế, trýớc hết là thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp, sau ðó là thuế giá trị gia tãng. Full text http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19264069/restructuring-corporate-income-tax-cit-value-added-tax-vat-vietnam-analysis-current-changes-agenda-future.
	Restructuring Corporate Income Tax and Value Added Tax in Vietnam:  An Analysis of Current Changes and Agenda for the Future. Gangadha Parasad Shukla; Sandeep Bhattacharya; Duc Minh Pham. World Bank in Vietnam; Tax Policy Department (TPD) of Ministry of Finance (MOF), 2014. Call no.: PUB-TAX-V18. Abstract: The study is in two parts, part one covering the various policy aspects of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and includes issues such as expenses and deductions to determine the tax base, transfer pricing, thin capitalization, taxation of special entities, and tax incentives. All this is done in the backdrop of international experience of corporate income taxes applied globally. Finally, alternatives for rate rationalization and their impact on CIT revenues using a forecasting model are examined. The existing provisions of the law are referenced in this part of the study as well, and further scope for reform discussed as necessary. Part two of the study presents a similar analysis of value added tax as well as forecasting of VAT revenues. This chapter examines the present rate structure including zero-rating, exemptions and exclusions from VAT, and VAT refunds. Taxation of some special sectors such as agriculture, real estate and exports is also analyzed. All this is again done in the milieu of international experience of value added taxes in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries and the countries of ASEAN so as to get a practical and realistic picture. Finally, a revenue forecasting model for VAT is presented with a guideline for estimating VAT threshold for exempting small traders. All the chapters make reference to the present provisions in law and also the way forward to further strengthen and streamline the VAT. Full text http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19264069/restructuring-corporate-income-tax-cit-value-added-tax-vat-vietnam-analysis-current-changes-agenda-future.
	Vietnam Tax Guide: Domestic Fiscal System and International Treaties. Lorenzo Riccardi. Springer, 2014. Call no.: PUB-TAX-V19. Abstract: Vietnam is one of the main developing countries experiencing rapid growth in East Asia. As part of ASEAN and strategically located near China and the Mekong region, Vietnam is considered a leading market between Asian and South Asian countries. Its fiscal system has recently been reformed in order to better align rules with the country’s economic development. Vietnam grants tax incentives and fiscal holidays to foreign investors and has concluded a significant number of double taxation treaties with other nations. This book describes in detail Vietnam’s complex tax system and policies, as well as major bilateral treaties in which Vietnam has entered into using country-by-country analysis.

Trade || Thýõng mại
Trade || Thýõng mại

Trade and Development Report 2013: Adjusting to the changing dynamics of the world economy. UNCTAD, 2013. Abstract: Five years after the onset of the global financial crisis the world economy remains in a state of disarray, with global output growing at around 2 per cent and global trade growth virtually grounding to a halt, the Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2013 stresses. Growth remains subdued in developed countries, where labour market conditions, fiscal tightening and on-going deleveraging hinder domestic demand. With an external economic environment showing few signs of improvement, developing and transition economies could not avoid growth deceleration.  -- Prior to the Great Recession, buoyant consumer demand in the developed countries seemed to justify the adoption of an export-oriented growth model by many developing and transition economies. But that expansion was built on unsustainable global demand and financing patterns. Thus, reverting to pre-crisis growth strategies cannot be an option. The Report notes that to adjust to what now appears to be a structural shift of the world economy, fundamental changes in prevailing growth strategies are needed.   -- TDR 2013 notes that developed countries must address the fundamental causes of the crisis: rising income inequality, the diminishing economic role of the State, the predominant role of a poorly regulated financial sector and an international system prone to global imbalances; while developing and transition economies that have been overly dependent on exports need to adopt a more balanced growth strategy that gives a greater role to domestic and regional demand.  -- ... The Report finally underlines that these countries should rely increasingly on domestic sources for investment finance. It affirms that central banks should enlarge their mandates beyond inflation control and, through a credit policy, play a much more engaged role financing the real economy. The implementation of such a credit policy can be facilitated through the involvement of specialised institutions, including national and regional development banks. Indeed, a network of specialized financial institutions may be more effective in channelling credit for development-enhancing purposes than big universal banks, which tend to become not only “too big to fail” but also “too big to regulate”. Full text http://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=636.

The Global Enabling Trade Report 2014. Hanouz, Margareta Drzeniek ; Geiger, Thierry ; Doherty, Sean (Editors). World Economic Forum (WEF), 2014. Abstract: Published every two years, the Global Enabling Trade Report assesses the quality of institutions, policies and services facilitating the free flow of goods over borders and to their destinations. At the core of the report, the Enabling Trade Index benchmarks the performance of 138 economies in four critical areas: market access; border administration; transport and communications infrastructure; and regulatory and business environment. As a widely used reference, the report helps economies integrate global value chains and companies into their investment decisions. It informs policy dialogue and provides a tool to monitor progress on certain aspects of global trade. Full text http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-enabling-trade-report-2014.

International organizations || Các tổ chức quốc tế
International organizations || Các tổ chức quốc tế

The United Nations at work in Asia: An envoy's account of development in China, Vietnam, Thailand and the South Pacific. Morey, Roy D. McFarland, 2014. Call no.: WBZ-UNV 4. Abstract: This book acquaints the reader with evolving political, economic and social conditions in these countries and the role played by UN organizations. The book also reveals a hidden side of the United Nations, the role played by more than 30 UN agencies, funds and programs in providing development and humanitarian assistance.

Ðối thoại với Ban Ki-moon: Liên hợp quốc vận hành nhý thế nào: Từ trên cao nhìn xuống. Plate, Tom; Lê, Quang Minh (dịch). Nhà xuất bản Trẻ, 2013. Ký hiệu: WBZ-UN 8. Từ khi thành lập vào nãm 1945 ðến nay, chỉ có tám ngýời vinh dự ðýợc giữ chức Tổng thý ký Liên Hợp Quốc. Và chỉ có một ngýời duy nhất nói về những chuyện “hậu trýờng” của Liên Hợp Quốc khi còn ðang tại vị. Ngýời ðó chính là Ban Ki Moon, nhà ngoại giao nổi tiếng và là cựu ngoại trýởng Hàn Quốc, hiện ðang nắm giữ chức vụ Tổng thý ký Liên Hợp Quốc trong nhiệm kì thứ hai của mình. Chính vì ông hiểu ðýợc những khó khãn mà Liên Hợp Quốc gặp phải - ông cũng sợ mọi ngýời không hiểu vì thông tin không ðầy ðủ - nên ông tin ðây chính là thời ðiểm cần thiết ðể vén màn bí mật về tổ chức toàn cầu này và giải thích mọi chuyện trýớc khi quá muộn. Thông qua cuộc nói chuyện “vô tiền khoáng hậu” với nhà báo Hoa Kỳ Tom Plate, cuốn sách là tập hợp những thông tin về các vấn ðề và thách thức mà chính sự cýõng quyết của ông sẽ quyết ðịnh vận mệnh thế giới.

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