UNSPECIFIED (2002) Understanding communist transition: Property rights in Ho Chi Minh City in the late 1990s. POST-COMMUNIST ECONOMIES, 14 (2). pp. 227-243. doi:10.1080/14631370220139936 ISSN 1463-1377.

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Abstract

In the absence of secure private property rights, neo-classical political economy would have expected China and Vietnam to perform badly. However, both economies have recorded rapid growth in recent decades. This article attempts to explain this through an analysis of the property rights regime in state enterprises in Vietnam's second city and commercial centre, Ho Chi Minh City. It argues that by the late 1990s the property regime in many firms in the city had evolved so far that they had been effectively privatised. Enforcement of these private property rights rested not on the rule of law but on the ability of a company's real owners to resist outside encroachment. This in turn had to do with the relative strength of clientelist interests located at different levels of the party-state, Although not perfect, property rights were on this basis sufficiently clear and enforceable for economic growth to occur. The argument is illustrated with two case studies which offer rich insights into the real nature of property under a reforming state socialist regime.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Journal or Publication Title:	POST-COMMUNIST ECONOMIES
Publisher:	CARFAX PUBLISHING
ISSN:	1463-1377
Official Date:	June 2002
Dates:	Date Event June 2002 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	14
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 227-243
DOI:	10.1080/14631370220139936
Publication Status:	Published

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