Contents Srawooth Paitoonpong Summary of the 2003 year-end conference on human security Worawan Chandoevwit Labor market issues in Thailand Piriya Pholphirul A critical review of the economic freedom of the world index, with reference to Thailand and the freedom to exchange with foreigners
Contents Srawooth Paitoonpong, Shigeyuki Abe The Thai economy: a picture from the past Piriya Pholphirul Trade responses to prices and exchange rates: evidence from sectoral differentials in Thailand
Contents Deunden Nikomborirak Contract design: providing incentives for private sector participation in infrastructure development: the case of Thailand Worawan Chandoevwit Financing universal health-care coverage Songkram Grachangnetara Thailand’s Kaeng Sua Ten Dam revisited: the flood protection benefit of a controversial agricultural project
Contents Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Pakorn Vichyanond Regional architecture for financial cooperation in East Asia Acharee Steinmueller Social and economic impacts of SARS outbreak in Thailand
Contents Srawooth Paitoonpong, Nipanan Akkarakul, Chothiga Sukaruji The minimum wage-fixing system in Thailand Somkiat Tangkitvanich Analyzing the problem of digital divides in Thailand Yongyuth Chalamwong, Paradon Tansaewee Movement of health care and information technology professionals in Thailand: impact implications of AFAS
Contents Deunden Nikomborirak Transport liberalization and competition concerns in ASEAN Narong Pomlaktong, Prakai Theerawattanakul, Rapee Pholpanich, Ruttiya Bhula-or Meet demands of the logistics industry
The agricultural sector, particularly the rice segment, is in critical need of a structural overhaul, analysts told a seminar hosted by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). It should apply more technology to boost productivity while in the long run scrapping the capital-intensive rice pledging scheme that could leave huge debts. “In a move to […]
Sunthorn Tunmuntong Thailand Development Research Institute sunthorn@tdri.or.th Education never seems to be an easy task. Looking at Thailand, even most Thai students devote more and more time in their study, the overall attainments are falling. This has brought a lot of questions to Thailand’s mainstream education. However, there are a small group of schools who […]
The president of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has slammed the government’s “fake” auction for 3G mobile phone service licences, saying bidders got everything they wanted at an artificially low price. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, TDRI president, alleged Sunday on the think-tank’s website that the auction – organised by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) […]
