Economic restructuring and responses to crisis: actors, institutions, and developments in rural Vietnam/Thailand

The project is the follow-up project of the "Shocks and regional economic development in Thailand and Vietnam" project that was completed in 2009. It is further part of the collaborative research unit "Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty: consequences for development of emerging Southeast Asian economies”. This research unit assembles scientists from the fields of economics and economic geography from four different German universities.
 
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Description of the economic geography sub-project

Recent research has shown that the vulnerability to poverty of rural households of rapidly developing economies is closely depending on regional development potentials: access towell-paid non-agricultural employment varies within rural areas as does the institutional environment, the levels of education, and the prospects for rural industrialization. However, the interplay of these factors and their influence on households’ decisions in the event of shocks is still poorly understood. The proposed research project aims to contribute to this debate, (1) by analyzing the spatial variation and the impact of locations on rural nonagricultural employment, (2) by assessing the impact of institutional environments on companies and self-employed, and (3) by analyzing the responses of individuals and companies to crisis and shocks as being partly determined by regional characteristics. The project relies on the results of a panel household survey, a migrant survey and on a survey of rural companies and small-scale (self-employed) businesses. It is jointly carried out by the applicants based at Leibniz-University of Hannover and Justus Liebig University Giessen, and it cooperates closely with the other subprojects of the Research Unit.

Publikationen

• Brünjes, J. (2012): Non-farm wage labour and entrepreneurship in rural Vietnam. Optimus Verlag: Göttingen.
• Brünjes, J.; Schmid, D; Revilla Diez, J.; Liefner, I. (2012): Participation in different regional non-farm wage activities: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. In: Klasen, Stephan and Hermann Waibel (Eds.): Vulnerability to poverty: Theory, measurement and determinants. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 305-334.
• Tongruksawattana, S.; Junge, V.; Waibel, H.; Revilla Diez, J.; Schmidt, E. (2012): Ex-post coping strategies of rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. In: Klasen, Stephan and Hermann Waibel (Eds.): Vulnerability to poverty: Theory, measurement and determinants. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 216-257.
• Mausch, K.; Revilla Diez, J.; Klump, R. (2012): Rural-rural differences in Vietnames pro-poor growth: does households'' income composition make a difference?. In: Klasen, Stephan and Hermann Waibel (Eds.): Vulnerability to poverty: Theory, measurement and determinants. Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 136-162.
• Brünjes, J.; Revilla Diez, J. (2012): ''Recession push'' and ''prosperity pull'' entrepreneurship in a rural developing context - the case of Vietnam. In: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. Online first: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08985626.2012.710267
• Brünjes, J.; Revilla Diez, J. (2012): Opportunity entrepreneurs – potential drivers of non-farm growth in rural Vietnam? In: Working Papers on Innovation and Space 01.12 | Download

Wissenschaftliche Vorträge:

• Brünjes, J.; Revilla Diez, J. (2012): Non-farm businesses in rural areas - response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? Evidence from Vietnam. Arbeitsbeziehungen und Arbeitsmarkt in Vietnam - Internationale Expertinnen- und Expertenkonferenz des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB). 08.-09.10.2012. Nürnberg.
• Brünjes, J.; Revilla Diez, J. (2012): Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship in rural Vietnam – characteristics and performance. 32nd International Geographical Congress, 26.-30.08.2012. Cologne.
• Brünjes, J. (2012): The Effect of Access to Non-Farm Wage Employment on Rural Entrepreneurship in Vietnam. 5th Summer Conference in Regional Science, 28.-30. Juni 2012. Kiel.
• Junge, V. (2011): Patterns of Migration, Urbanization, and the local Nonfarm Sector in rural Thailand and Vietnam. Kasetsart University Bangkok, 12.09.2011, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Brünjes, J. (2011): Non-farm businesses in rural areas - response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? Evidence from Southeast Asia. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Südostasien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, 24.-26.06.2011. Schloss Rauischholzhausen.
• Junge, V. (2011): Determinants of rural Out-Migration in Thailand and Vietnam – a Multilevel Perspective. Jahrestreffen des Arbeitskreises Südostasien in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie (DGfG), 24.-26.06.2011, Rauischholzhausen.
• Brünjes, J.; Revilla Diez, J. (2011): Non-farm businesses in rural areas - response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? Evidence from Vietnam. IGU Mini-conference "Globalizing Rural Places". Vechta. 20.05.2011.
• Junge, V. (2010): Peasants on the Move: Rural-urban Migration Patterns and Socio-economic Development in Vietnam and Thailand. Workshop on “Socio-economically Sustainable Urban Development” at the National Economics University Hanoi, 01.-03. December 2010. Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Brünjes, J. (2010): Proximity to Regional Centres and Rural Nonfarm Employment - Evidence from Vietnam. Jahrestreffen des Arbeitskreis Industriegeographie, 14.-15.Oktober 2010. Naurod-Niedernhausen.
• Brünjes, J. (2010): Vulnerability, proximity to regional centres and rural non-farm employment – evidence from Vietnam. Passau Conference on “Small and medium-sized towns in Vietnam”, 26.-28.Juli 2010. Passau. 
• Junge, V. (2010): Who recovers first? Vulnerability, Shocks, and Recovery Time of Rural Households in Vietnam and Thailand. Passau Conference on “Small and medium-sized towns in Vietnam”, 26.-28.Juli 2010. Passau.
• Revilla Diez, J. (2010): Spatial Patterns of Vulnerability and Access to Rural Non-Farm Employment - Evidence from Vietnam. IGU Conference on the Dynamics of Economic Space, 1-4 July 2010. Groningen, the Netherlands.
• Junge, V. (2010): Vulnerabilität, Schocks und Erholungszeiten ländlicher Haushalte in Thailand und Vietnam. Jahrestreffen des Arbeitskreis Südostasien, 18.-19. Juni 2010. Marburg.