November 6, 2020
On November 5, MDRI in collaboration with Oxfam Vietnam has successfully organized the launching workshop…
On November 5, MDRI in collaboration with Oxfam Vietnam has successfully organized the launching workshop on “Multidimensional Inequality Framework (MIF) in Vietnam”. The workshop was attended by more than 50 participants from government agencies, international and domestic organizations, media press, universities, and research institutes. The panel discussion about inequalities in different aspects received much attention…
COVID-19 has significantly affected many economies throughout the world, but there are some brighter signs in Vietnam. Declared as a epidemic in early February in Vietnam, effective health policies and early action have mitigated the impact of COVID-19 in Vietnam and the country has maintained low numbers of cumulative cases and deaths compared to other…
HA NOI, VIETNAM, 9 October 2020 – Concerned with expanding education and building skills for future employment, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), UNICEF and the Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) released today a report entitled “Assessment on Employability Skills Gaps and Good Practices by Businesses to Upskill Marginalized…
On July 25th, the Director of Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) has attended the Conference of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on Inequality and Exclusion in Southeast Asia. This conference presents eight Southeast Asian country cases. Each study provides an overview of inequality in income, wealth and opportunity, a discussion of salient features of inequality…
On the morning of November 6th, representatives of Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) have attended the Closing Conference of USAID Governance for Inclusive Growth Program (GIG) organized in Hanoi by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam. The USAID GIG Program worked with the public and private sector…
The speech at the MDRI 5th Anniversary Ceremony delivered by Dr. Phung Duc Tung, President of Mekong Development Research Institute. — Dear MDRI Partners, colleagues, and friends, On April 17, 2013, with the support of Mr. Dang Kim Son and other senior researchers, Cuong, my six colleagues and I gave birth to MDRI. Five years have gone by…
Sustainability and climate change are recurrent questions that attract the interest of both policy makers and academic researchers. Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI), Centre for Research in Economics Applied to Globalization (CREAM) – University of Rouen Normandy, and the Asian…
Overview This survey has been conducted to collect patients’ feedbacks about public health service. Oxfam and Vietnam Initiative, in cooperation with MDRI, consulting with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and hospitals, have developed an online feedback tool to measure “patient satisfaction index” (PSI). This is an important index to assess the quality and efficiency of…