 | The Political Economy of Growth in Vietnam: Between States and Markets Subjects: Area Studies; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Geography; Politics & International Relations; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Global Development; Development Policy; Economics and Development; Politics & Development; International Political Economy; Asian Studies; Regional Development; Industry & Industrial Studies; Human Geography; Asian Politics; Political Studies; South East Asian Studies; South East Asia; Development Geography; South East Asian Politics; Politics of International Trade; Political Economic Studies; Manufacturing Industries; Service Industries; Since the doi moi reforms in 1986, Vietnam has experienced a dramatic socioeconomic transformation. Lim examines the role of the state and its interaction with market forces in bringing this change about. Taking the motorcycle and banking industries as case studies, this book explores the dynamics between the state and transnational corporations in shaping the manufacturing and service sectors, respectively. Vietnam, as one of Southeast Asia's quintessential latecomer economies with little prior experience of dealing with transnational corporations, has nevertheless been quite successful in maintaining some control over the impact of foreign direct investment. Yet, the learning outcomes remain highly uneven. In addition, Lim argues that Vietnamese advancement in both industries mirrors only partially the more generalized patterns of state-led development in East Asia's earlier batch of latecomer economies. Vietnam's case thus presents practical lessons on how to succeed in crafting and utilizing policy instruments to achieve domestic economic and technological upgrading. This book will be of great interest to scholars of political economy and industrial policy in East Asia, as well as to scholars and policy professionals analyzing approaches to development strategy more broadly. Guanie Lim is Research Fellow at the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His main research interests are comparative political economy, value chain analysis, and the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia. Guanie is also interested in broader development issues within Asia, especially those of China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. In the coming years, he will be conducting comparative research on how and why China's capital exports are reshaping development in two key developing regions - Southeast Asia and the Middle East. |
