Widely regarded as one of the largest economies in Latin America, Argentina had a GDP of $584.7bn in 2015, according to the World Bank. In contrast to several oil-dependent economies in the region, Argentina’s wealth is linked primarily to vast natural resources in energy and agriculture. The wealth derived from the country’s agricultural and...
Rising public debt and persistent budget deficits are among the greatest downside risks to what is otherwise a generally robust economic outlook for Vietnam. According to official figures, public debt came in at 64.73% of GDP in 2016, just below the 65% ceiling set by the National Assembly, despite government revenues coming in 7.8% above...
Vietnam has been a member of the ASEAN since 1995, when it joined as part of its ongoing process of integrating into the global economy and opening to the world. In recent years, it has taken an increasingly active stance in the organisation, while its economy has closed the gap on the more affluent founding members.
As part of its remit of maintaining monetary stability, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) manages the dong’s exchange rate against the US dollar, with an eye on preventing sharp depreciation. In recent years, it has loosened the dollar peg and moved in the direction of market rates. The exchange rate regime is sometimes described as a managed...
Among the world’s most impressive emerging market success stories of the past three decades, Vietnam has been achieving high growth rates, encouraging a huge reduction in poverty and attracting billions of dollars of foreign investment. What was, until relatively recently, considered a comparatively poor country by regional standards – with an...
Vietnam’s economic success over the past three decades has been built in no small part on its openness to international trade and investment. It is now among the world’s most open economies, according to the IMF – in the last 15 years alone, its share of world trade has quintupled, with combined imports and exports now equal to around 160-170...
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