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

外部冲击的发生对发展中国家的贫困地区产生负面影响，往往会破坏区域政策战略带来的积极发展，导致区域差距的加剧。根据研究单位的目标，这一特别项目旨在了解外部冲击对区域脆弱性、区域经济发展和区域体制框架的影响。本项目分析的个人和家庭减少脆弱性的策略包括移民、当地非农工作和教育，以增加就业机会。这些策略与制度问题密切相关，如产权、合同执行、土地私人权利、资本获取等。方法方法有三个方面。首先，借助基地项目2的入户调查，分析了个人和家庭的策略。其次，通过对企业和当地合作企业的深度访谈，收集当地非农就业机会的数据。第三，对区域利益相关者进行访谈，以评估当地的制度设置并澄清其潜在的弱点。本项目设想的前景将有助于更好地了解脆弱性问题的区域层面。

The occurrence of external shocks negatively affects poor regions of developing countries, oftentimes destroying the positive developments brought about by regional policy strategies and leading to an aggravation of regional disparities. In accordance with the objective of the research unit, this special project aims at understanding the impact of external shocks on regional vulnerability, regional economic development, and regional institutional frameworks. Individual and household strategies to reduce vulnerability analyzed in this project are migration, local off-farm-work and education to improve job opportunities. These strategies are closely related to institutional issues like property rights, contract enforcement, private entitlement to land, access to capital etc. The methodological approach is threefold. First, individual and household strategies are analyzed with the help of the household survey conducted in base project 2. Second, data on local off-farm-work opportunities will be collected by in-depth interviews with companies and local co-operative ventures. Third, interviews with regional stakeholders are conducted in order to assess the local institutional setting and to clarify its potential weaknesses. The perspective envisaged in this project will lead to a better understanding of the regional dimension of the vulnerability issue.