A paragraph of the Forward of a book titled "Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam - A Rising Dragon on the Move":

"Many developing countries—Viet Nam included—continue to struggle to raise incomes per capita, and a large number of them have, over the past few decades, succeeded in generating significant (albeit not always stable) growth. A common feature of the convergence of these low-income countries is a fundamental change in the pattern of economic activity, as households reallocate labour from traditional agriculture to more productive forms of agriculture and modern industrial and service sectors. The combination of these large-scale shifts in work and labour allocation and the resulting changes in the composition of economic output are collectively referred to as the structural transformation of the economy. A better understanding of what this process means for the welfare and socioeconomic characteristics of the rural poor is essential. This is the case for both the development profession and policy makers at large in coming to grips with the task of promoting equitable and sustainable development and ending poverty. I note that this aspiration is also the key objective in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the international community at the UN General Assembly in September of 2015—but here I am getting ahead of myself."

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam - A Rising Dragon on the Move