Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?

Authors

Knowledge@SMU

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-2009

Abstract

In Vietnam, young people account for about one-third of the country’s 85 million population, a historic peak for this age group. While previously with the Population Council in Vietnam, sociology professor at the Singapore Management University (SMU), Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, conducted studies of ethnic minority youths as well as health-seeking behavioural practices of minority parents with children less than five years. The findings raised concerns that the benefits of the country’s rapid progress as well as improvements in living and health standards have not filtered through to those living in the remote areas.

Disciplines

Economics | Health Economics | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Copyright Owner and Holder

Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012

Licece/Creative Commons Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Article ID

1193

Subject(s)

Health Economics

Citation

Knowledge@SMU. Has Vietnam’s Economic Progress bypassed its Ethnic Minorities?. (2009).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/96