Christine Ngo
Christine Ngo is a development economist and a California's licensed attorney who completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) in the United Kingdom. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Global Economics at University of California, Santa Cruz, a Master Degree in Political Economy of Development at SOAS and a Juris Doctor at University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Prior to attending graduate schools, Christine worked in the private sector advising corporate clients on matters related to business development, tax, insurance and finance. During law school, Christine interned for two of the largest international firms in Seoul, South Korea and Geneva, Switzerland assisting partners and associates on matters related to tax law, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property law, immigration law and corporate law.
At SOAS, Christine's researches are mainly on development economics, political economy, industrialization, rents & rent seeking, governance reform agenda, international trade & foreign direct investment, international public law, constitutional law, Vietnam and the Asia Pacific economies. Christine is currently an assistant professor at Drew University. She is also a research associate at the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research, a research center established by Vietnam National University in Ha Noi.
From the homepage link below, you will find her CV, writing samples, as well as information about her activities.
Supervisors: Mushtaq Khan
At SOAS, Christine's researches are mainly on development economics, political economy, industrialization, rents & rent seeking, governance reform agenda, international trade & foreign direct investment, international public law, constitutional law, Vietnam and the Asia Pacific economies. Christine is currently an assistant professor at Drew University. She is also a research associate at the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research, a research center established by Vietnam National University in Ha Noi.
From the homepage link below, you will find her CV, writing samples, as well as information about her activities.
Supervisors: Mushtaq Khan
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My investigation provides a new and nuanced analysis of the development of Vietnam’s industrial sector. On the one hand, the textile and garment industry provides a unique case of limited industrial progress, which is based largely on Vietnam’s low-paid and low-skilled workforce. On the other hand, the telecom industry offers insights to the making of a successful industrialised sector. This success can be explained partly by a long period of protection by the government, effective rents management, and credible threats of foreign competition. The motorcycle industry, in contrast to both industries, imparts a distinct example of the Vietnamese government’s failure to implement learning rents for technological upgrading. However, market competition among Japanese and Chinese manufacturers led to significant technical learning and capability-building for local firms.
Although there was not one fixed successful configuration of rent management that worked in all three industries, a successful synthesis comprises a cluster of factors including, although not exclusive to (1) the political will and/or competition among political and economic interests that support the formal and informal development of the sectors, (2) effective formal and informal institutional structures of rent allocation and implementation, (3) incentives for profits and pressure from market competition, (4) effective time horizon and (5) the initial capability of firms and workers to be receptive to learning new technologies and skills, and gaining expertise. The findings of this research shed light on the types of rent strategies that are beneficial to further Vietnam’s development.
My investigation provides a new and nuanced analysis of the development of Vietnam’s industrial sector. On the one hand, the textile and garment industry provides a unique case of limited industrial progress, which is based largely on Vietnam’s low-paid and low-skilled workforce. On the other hand, the telecom industry offers insights to the making of a successful industrialised sector. This success can be explained partly by a long period of protection by the government, effective rents management, and credible threats of foreign competition. The motorcycle industry, in contrast to both industries, imparts a distinct example of the Vietnamese government’s failure to implement learning rents for technological upgrading. However, market competition among Japanese and Chinese manufacturers led to significant technical learning and capability-building for local firms.
Although there was not one fixed successful configuration of rent management that worked in all three industries, a successful synthesis comprises a cluster of factors including, although not exclusive to (1) the political will and/or competition among political and economic interests that support the formal and informal development of the sectors, (2) effective formal and informal institutional structures of rent allocation and implementation, (3) incentives for profits and pressure from market competition, (4) effective time horizon and (5) the initial capability of firms and workers to be receptive to learning new technologies and skills, and gaining expertise. The findings of this research shed light on the types of rent strategies that are beneficial to further Vietnam’s development.