The economic reforms of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam: growth in the economy and trade, 1990-2021

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https://doi.org/10.53897/RevPortes.2023.1.2

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Economic reforms, Openness, GDP growth, Trade

Abstract

The economic reforms and their implementation process boost the growth of the economy and trade in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, economies in which an average growth in GDP that exceeds 5 percent, likewise the flows of foreign direct investment and trade present an increase, showing the four countries an orientation of opening to the external market. Thus, the objective of the research is to analyze the economic reforms and their importance in the dynamics of the economy and trade in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam from 1990 to 2021, there is also the hypothesis that the reforms in the four countries they contributed to the growth of the economy and trade, for this we worked through a documentary analysis that allowed the recovery of selective information to explain the growth of GDP and trade.

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Author Biographies

Tania Anahí Díaz González, ITESO

Student of the Transpacific Relations Ph. D. program in the University of Colima.

Ángel Licona Michel, University of Colima

Professor of the Faculty of Economics and researcher of the Pacific Basin Studies Center and APEC Study Center

Maricela Mireya Reyes López, University of Colima

Professor-Researcher of the Pacific Basin Studies Center and APEC Study Center

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Published

2023-07-31

How to Cite

Díaz González, T. A., Licona Michel, Ángel, & Reyes López, M. M. (2023). The economic reforms of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam: growth in the economy and trade, 1990-2021. PORTES, Revista Mexicana De Estudios Sobre La Cuenca Del Pacífico, 1(1), 45–72. https://doi.org/10.53897/RevPortes.2023.1.2