Estimating long term economic statistics of Vietnam under French rule (1895-1954); on sources and methods

Thispaperproposesa survey ofsources andworks onVietnam′s historical statistics available in ヒhe differenヒ specialised libraries and archives, zTlainly in Vietnam and France, and invesl=igates methods to be irplemented for estimating Vietnam′s national accounts under French mle (1895-1954).While most of the E;OurCeSOntheperiodarerelatedtoformerFrenchIndochina.our aim is toproducetime series corresponding topresent day Vietnam.This task constituヒes a first step toward a quanヒitative appraisal of vietnam'Seconomicdynamicsfromthemiddleofヒhenineteenヒh cenヒury to th(∋end of the twentieth century. Due to the weakness of the Frenchadministration,especially inAnnam and Tonkin,few datawere collectedbefore1893.Forヒhisreason,wewillnoヒconsiderhere the first colonialperiod,French military occupation and a血止nistration ofCochinchinaandfurtherinvasionofA凪amandTonkln.