Agro-based Rural Industrialization as a Strategy for Rural Development:
The Case of Starch in Viet Nam
Paper presented to American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Goletti, Francesco, Karl Rich and Chris Wheatley. August 1999.
This paper presents the case of the starch industry in Viet Nam, an industry largely characterized by small enterprises, which has been able to grow and adapt to rapid change over the past decade. The objective of the paper is to understand the reasons explaining the success of small starch enterprises in light of competition with large enterprises and the role of policy in promoting their further development.
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