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Bamboo by numbers (pps, 4.72M)
An animated presentation showing the potential impact of the Vietnamese and global bamboo industry on poverty reduction and carbon storage/production.

PI Bamboo Qualitative Study - Stories of Change (pdf, 1.78M)

A Study of Farmer Perceptions of Change in Thanh Hoa's Bamboo Sector

2008 Thanh Hoa Bamboo Impact Assessment Report (pdf, 772kb)

A technical report by Prosperity Initiative, IFC and IDS carried out to demonstrate economic impact on households in the bamboo industry in 3 districts of upland Thanh Hoa, Viet Nam to show the poverty impact potential of this industry.

2010 Thanh Hoa Bamboo Impact Assessment Report (pdf, 1.36M)
The follow up to Prosperity Initiative's 2008 report, this 2010 report examines the impact of the industrial bamboo subsector on three upland districts in northwest Thanh Hoa based on a survey of 210 farm households and 110 bamboo traders. The report shows that projected increases in the price of bamboo can translate to more than 62,000 people leaving extreme poverty and up to $4 million more income for poor people in these districts.

2010 Thanh Hoa Bamboo Impact Assessment Report - Vietnamese (pdf, 1.2M)

Assessing Alternative Poverty Proxy Methods in Rural Vietnam (pdf, 1.21MB)
Co-authored by Linh Vu and Bob Baulch. This paper evaluates four ‘short-cut’ methods for identifying poor households using representative household survey data from rural Vietnam. It recommends the poverty probability method is the most accurate and robust ‘short-cut’ method for measuring poverty for specific sub-populations or in years when household surveys are not available.

Mekong Bamboo prospectus describing the potential investment opportunity in Pressed Bamboo Block (PBB) in Viet Nam (English) (pdf, 500kb).
This prospectus describes the investment opportunity in an innovative new product: pressed bamboo block (PBB), an excellent wood substitute. A breakthrough product in the bamboo industry, PBB production is characterized by a high utilization rate of raw bamboo material and the use of a variety of bamboo species.

Mekong Bamboo prospectus describing the potential investment opportunity in Pressed Bamboo Block (PBB) in Viet Nam (Vietnamese)

Intellectual Property Relating to Pressed or Strand WovenTM Bamboo (pdf, 597kb)
This Mekong Bamboo technical note provides a briefing from our research on the current intellectual property issues relating to pressed bamboo products.

Emerging Industrial Bamboo Cluster N VN - Impact on Poverty Reduction (pdf, 1MB)
Co-authored by Dr. John Marsh and Ngo Viet Hung. A discussion on potential poverty reduction through development of the northwest Viet Nam and northern Lao industrial bamboo cluster. Pressented by Dr. Marsh at the World Bamboo Congress, Bangkok, September 2009.

Wood Industry Brief (pdf, 360kb)

This industry brief provides an overall assessment of Vietnam’s domestic wood market and the industrial potential of pressed bamboo within the context of this market.

Gender Study (pdf, 350kb) Gender study on the emerging Industrial Bamboo Cluster in selected districts of North Vietnam and Lao PDR

New bamboo industries and pro-poor impact (pdf, 1.8MB)
Co-authored by Dr John Marsh and Nigel Smith, this article was published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance, Volume 18, Numbers 2-3, June/September 2007 , pp. 216-240(25).
It explains our approach to integrating demand, competitiveness and poverty impact.

Bamboo International Markets Analysis Pack (pdf, 292kb)
Co-authored by Chris Boas and Nigel Smith, Enterprise Development Opportunities, Ltd. Provides an overview of international markets of greatest potential interest to the current Mekong Bamboo Sector Feasibility Study. The objective was to inform the strategic decision making process on the market potential for 10 selected markets. Prepared for Oxfam Hong Kong and IFC Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, May 2006.

2006 Mekong Bamboo Feasibility Study (pdf, 1MB)

The study provides an evaluation of the potential of the Mekong bamboo sector via analysis of resources, technology processes, product markets, input markets, and institutional contexts. It combines the collection and analysis of primary data from fieldwork in the three countries with international research on technologies and markets for bamboo.

Supply, demand and outlook for Vietnam's robusta coffee (pdf, 7.4MB)
Presented by Prosperity Initiative's Strategy Team at the Coffee Outlook Conference 2008 organised by the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) in collaboration with the Crop Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi, 26 March 2008.

List of Publications on Bamboo in Vietnam (xls, 60.5kb)

Prosperity Initiative Technical Note on Gross Margins for Industrial and Perennial Crops in Vietnam (pdf, 80.2kb)
This note describes the gross margins prevailing for the major industrial and perennial crops in Vietnam based on the ‘large' sample of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey of 2006 (VHLSS06).