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The series of Governance and Participation Policy Discussion Papers is commissioned by the Governance and Participation Team at UNDP in Viet Nam. The series aims to analyse trends in Viet Nam regarding the implementation processes and options in specific public administration reform areas. To confront the social, economic, political, and environmental challenges facing Viet Nam, policymakers need to adopt evidencebased decision-making. These policy papers aim to contribute to the current policy debate by providing discussion inputs on policy reforms, thereby helping to improve Viet Nam’s development efforts.
Three principles guide the production of the policy discussion papers: (i) evidence-based research, (ii) academic rigour and independence of analysis, and (iii) social legitimacy and a participatory process. This involves a substantive research approach with a rigorous and systematic identification of policy options on key governance, public administration reform, and anti-corruption issues.