Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?

In Vietnam, young people account for about one-third of the country’s 85 million population, a historic peak for this age group. While previously with the Population Council in Vietnam, sociology professor at the Singapore Management University (SMU), Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, conducted studies...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.ksmu-10952018-07-04T09:38:00Z Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities? Knowledge@SMU In Vietnam, young people account for about one-third of the country’s 85 million population, a historic peak for this age group. While previously with the Population Council in Vietnam, sociology professor at the Singapore Management University (SMU), Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, conducted studies of ethnic minority youths as well as health-seeking behavioural practices of minority parents with children less than five years. The findings raised concerns that the benefits of the country’s rapid progress as well as improvements in living and health standards have not filtered through to those living in the remote areas. 2009-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/96 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Economics Health Economics Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
description In Vietnam, young people account for about one-third of the country’s 85 million population, a historic peak for this age group. While previously with the Population Council in Vietnam, sociology professor at the Singapore Management University (SMU), Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, conducted studies of ethnic minority youths as well as health-seeking behavioural practices of minority parents with children less than five years. The findings raised concerns that the benefits of the country’s rapid progress as well as improvements in living and health standards have not filtered through to those living in the remote areas.
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title Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
title_short Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
title_full Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
title_fullStr Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
title_full_unstemmed Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?
title_sort has vietnam’s economic progress bypassed its ethnic minorities?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2009
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/96
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