Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
The Role of Services in Rural Income The Case of Vietnam / Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin [electronic resource] : Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (35 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
This paper investigates the role of services in the household response to trade reforms in Vietnam. The relative response of the households and income growth after a major trade liberalization in rice are analyzed aiming to answer the following questions: What type of households, in which locations, having access to what type of services, benefited more from the reforms? It focuses on services that have an impact on transaction costs (roads or quality of roads, public transportation, access to credit, extension services, and availability of markets in communication services) because transaction costs are often cited as a barrier to rural households in responding to the price changes and increased incentives offered by trade and other policy reforms. The results suggest that availability of production related services contributes positively to the impact of trade reforms. Although most of the service variables have a positive and significant effect on growth in income, some that are expected to have an impact are not significant. This may be explained by the exceptional coverage of infrastructure services in Vietnam even before the reforms. When service availability is very similar across different localities, household characteristics become more important in determining the response.
10.1596/1813-9450-4180
Alternative Transport
Communities & Human Settlements
Costs
Economic Theory and Research
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Financial Literacy
Good Transport
Housing and Human Habitats
Infrastructure
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Poverty Reduction
Price Changes
Public Transport
Public Transportation
Quality of Transport
Road
Road Network
Road Quality
Roads
Rural Development
Rural Infrastructure
Rural Poverty Reduction
School Access
Signals
Transport
Transport Costs
Transport Economics, Policy and Planning
Transport Efficiency
Transport System
Transportation Costs
True
The Role of Services in Rural Income The Case of Vietnam / Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin [electronic resource] : Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (35 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
This paper investigates the role of services in the household response to trade reforms in Vietnam. The relative response of the households and income growth after a major trade liberalization in rice are analyzed aiming to answer the following questions: What type of households, in which locations, having access to what type of services, benefited more from the reforms? It focuses on services that have an impact on transaction costs (roads or quality of roads, public transportation, access to credit, extension services, and availability of markets in communication services) because transaction costs are often cited as a barrier to rural households in responding to the price changes and increased incentives offered by trade and other policy reforms. The results suggest that availability of production related services contributes positively to the impact of trade reforms. Although most of the service variables have a positive and significant effect on growth in income, some that are expected to have an impact are not significant. This may be explained by the exceptional coverage of infrastructure services in Vietnam even before the reforms. When service availability is very similar across different localities, household characteristics become more important in determining the response.
10.1596/1813-9450-4180
Alternative Transport
Communities & Human Settlements
Costs
Economic Theory and Research
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Financial Literacy
Good Transport
Housing and Human Habitats
Infrastructure
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Poverty Reduction
Price Changes
Public Transport
Public Transportation
Quality of Transport
Road
Road Network
Road Quality
Roads
Rural Development
Rural Infrastructure
Rural Poverty Reduction
School Access
Signals
Transport
Transport Costs
Transport Economics, Policy and Planning
Transport Efficiency
Transport System
Transportation Costs
True