01502cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009177 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451840391 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Vietnam : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (71 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Vietnam was remarkably successful in bringing down inflation in the 1990s to a single-digit range, after a period of high inflation in the late 1980s. The potential unfavorable effects of inflation on poverty and growth are well known. To shed light on these questions, this paper analyzes the available empirical evidence using several different approaches. Petroleum price increases appear to have had a modest direct effect on inflation in Vietnam, peaking at about 1 percent in 2005. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2006/422 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2006/422/002.2006.issue-422-en.xml IMF e-Library