
Client: USAID – Vietnam Time: August 2017-December 2018 Overview: Technological advancement and internet help create millions of business transactions at minimal costs. Therefore, it is now so popular that a customer, just by a mouse click or screen touch, can find the matched product supplier and purchase the product which is thousand miles away. Such…

OVERVIEW What will happen to residential demand for electricity if the government of Vietnam wants to increase electricity tariffs to cost recovery, a level estimated at 20 percent above current prices? To answer this research question, a study was conducted to measure the demand elasticity of the electricity consumption in Vietnam and characterize it. The…

OVERVIEW Global Value Chains (GVCs) are a dominant economic reality in the 21st century. The way the global economy produces and exchanges goods has never been more dynamic or more interconnected. In policy fora, the importance of GVCs as a way for firms – in particular SMEs – in developing countries to take advantage of…