Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam
Despite the introduction of supermarkets, Vietnam’s food retail market is still dominated by wet markets, informal street markets and mobile vendors. These are less expensive than supermarkets and offer various other advantages, such as the opportunity to purchase food on in formal credit from the v...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| author | Berg, Marrit van den |
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| description | Despite the introduction of supermarkets, Vietnam’s food retail market is still dominated by wet markets, informal street markets and mobile vendors. These are less expensive than supermarkets and offer various other advantages, such as the opportunity to purchase food on in formal credit from the vendor, discounts in the evening, and additional services such as cutting vegetables and delivery. As a result, supermarkets and convenience stores are of limited importance for food consumption of low-income households in Hanoi. Yet even many wealthier people still do at least part of their food shopping at small traditional sellers. Many informal vendors are migrants from rural areas, who often lack the formal education and social capital to gain formal employment. Previous research has shown stark differences between male and female retailers in informal food markets in Vietnam. In the informal system, women tend to operate based on social relations rather than economic interactions, contrasting men’s activities that tend to be more capital-based and similar to the formal system. However, no recent quantitative information is avail able on the representation of men and women in the various types of food outlets in Vietnam |
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| spelling | CGSpace1374112025-12-08T09:54:28Z Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam Berg, Marrit van den supermarkets markets credit income gender behaviour Despite the introduction of supermarkets, Vietnam’s food retail market is still dominated by wet markets, informal street markets and mobile vendors. These are less expensive than supermarkets and offer various other advantages, such as the opportunity to purchase food on in formal credit from the vendor, discounts in the evening, and additional services such as cutting vegetables and delivery. As a result, supermarkets and convenience stores are of limited importance for food consumption of low-income households in Hanoi. Yet even many wealthier people still do at least part of their food shopping at small traditional sellers. Many informal vendors are migrants from rural areas, who often lack the formal education and social capital to gain formal employment. Previous research has shown stark differences between male and female retailers in informal food markets in Vietnam. In the informal system, women tend to operate based on social relations rather than economic interactions, contrasting men’s activities that tend to be more capital-based and similar to the formal system. However, no recent quantitative information is avail able on the representation of men and women in the various types of food outlets in Vietnam 2023-12-31 2024-01-09T16:32:29Z 2024-01-09T16:32:29Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137411 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Van den Berg, Marrit. 2023. Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam. SHiFT Project Note December 2023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137411 |
| spellingShingle | supermarkets markets credit income gender behaviour Berg, Marrit van den Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title | Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title_full | Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title_fullStr | Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title_short | Gender and MSMEs in the food environment in Viet Nam |
| title_sort | gender and msmes in the food environment in viet nam |
| topic | supermarkets markets credit income gender behaviour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137411 |
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