Vietnam's Development Strategies (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)

Taking a developmental approach, this book provides a critical analysis of Vietnam’s reform process and shows how the country’s reform agenda is still dominated by a ‘developmental orthodoxy’ inspired by a post-Washington consensus. Masina argues that a wider debate is needed to allow national policymakers the full spectrum of alternatives with which to make well-informed policy decisions. In particular, the book indicates that two elements central to any analysis of the Vietnamese development reform process are substantially underdeveloped in the current debate: the experience of the East Asian developmental state and the question of socialism within a future market economy.Vietnam’s Development Strategies opens up the debate, to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy and to test possible alternatives for Vietnam. It is a welcome addition to the literature and will appeal to both practitioners working in the field and the academic community in Southeast Asian studies, economics and development.Pietro P. ​Masina is Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the University of Naples ‘The Oriental’ and Secretary of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS). He spent the previous ten years at the Roskilde University, Denmark, where he still maintains affiliation as Associate Professor on-leave. His previous publications include Rethinking Development in East Asia: From Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis (RoutledgeCurzon, 2001).

Taking a developmental approach, this book critically reviews Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country’s reform agenda is still dominated by a ‘developmental orthodoxy’ inspired by a post-Washington consensus. The author argues that a wider debate is needed in order to give national policy makers the full spectrum of alternatives to support well-informed policy decisions. In particular, the book indicates that two issues central for any analysis of the Vietnamese development reform process are substantially underdeveloped in the current scientific debate: the experience of the East Asian developmental state and the question of socialism.

Presenting a way of thinking about Vietnam that goes beyond the orthodox, the book sets out the various paradigms through which the Vietnamese economy can be analyzed. This is a welcome addition to the literature and will appeal to both practitioners working in the field and the academic community in Southeast Asian studies, economics and development.

Taking a developmental approach, this book critically reviews Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country’s reform agenda is still dominated by a ‘developmental orthodoxy’ inspired by a post-Washington consensus. The author argues that a wider debate is needed in order to give national policy makers the full spectrum of alternatives to support well-informed policy decisions. In particular, the book indicates that two issues central for any analysis of the Vietnamese development reform process are substantially underdeveloped in the current scientific debate: the experience of the East Asian developmental state and the question of socialism. Presenting a way of thinking about Vietnam that goes beyond the orthodox, the book sets out the various paradigms through which the Vietnamese economy can be analyzed. This is a welcome addition to the literature and will appeal to both practitioners working in the field and the academic community in Southeast Asian studies, economics and development. "Taking a developmental approach, this book provides a critical analysis of Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country's reform agenda is still dominated by a 'developmental orthodoxy' inspired by a post-Washington consensus. Masina argues that a wider debate is needed to allow national policymakers the full spectrum of alternatives with which to make well-informed policy decisions."--Jacket Pietro Masina presents a critical review of the Vietnamese reform process and analyzes the most crucial issues in the post-Asian crisis debate arguing that a wider debate is needed in order for national policy makers to make well-informed decisions. This book presents a critical review of the Vietnamese reform process and analyses the most crucial issues in the post-Asian crisis debate arguing that a wider debate is needed in order for national policy-makers to make well-informed decisions