Natchapol Praditpetchara Although Thailand is home to over 160 universities and colleges, the rankings of our universities consistently fail to impress and lag behind our neighbors like Singapore and even Malaysia. The ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which prioritises research, can only list one Thai university among its top 500 institutions, whereas […]
Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu Designed to attract foreign and domestic investment to the three eastern provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong and Chachoengsao, the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is the current government’s most important engine to drive its “Thailand 4.0” policy which is attempting to propel the country towards high-income status. Even though investment is important for short-term […]
EEC’s Role in Shaping up Thailand 4.0 – Dr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich and Dr. Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu Related posts TDRI public seminar on October 2, 2017
Natcha O-charoen For many years, Thailand has earned notoriety in the area of road fatalities. High death tolls, mostly resulting from reckless driving, have prompted the state and its partners to invest enormously in road safety campaigns, with less-than-impressive results, however. The World Health Organisation in its Global Road Safety Report in 2015 ranked Thailand […]
It seems that the words of Thucydides, a Greek war historian, surprisingly hold true on the roads of Bangkok: “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” The middle class is in a position to choose whether to use a private car as long as the public transport system does […]
Nonarit Bisonyabut The current Thai government’s new policy to create more systematic and efficient management of migrant workers can kill three birds with one stone. The implementation of this policy, the Royal Ordinance on Foreign Workers Management, has been postponed. But the policy itself will eventually come into effect within the next four months. It […]
Tippatrai Saelawong Most people in Thailand, be they business people, foreign investors or the public, would agree that the country urgently needs to invest in building, extending and upgrading its public infrastructure. At the same time, they would also cast doubt over the administrative transparency of infrastructure projects. For many years, political instability resulted in […]
Kantaphon Amornrat A rising tide of protectionism, following the Trump presidency, has prompted the world to turn its eyes toward China in the hope that it, alongside European countries, could help spread cooperation on trade and investment around the world. In fact, China’s movement regarding its expansion on economic and political bounds is a part […]
Water and environmental experts have voiced their support for the idea of establishing an independent central agency to administer Thailand’s canals and rivers, with the caveat that opinions by stakeholders and the public must be taken into account first. The concept was raised by Dr.Adis Israngkura, adviser to the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), who […]
Sunthorn Tunmuntong The Finance Ministry’s latest excise tax rebate measure is pulling the trigger on boosting the production and use of electric cars in the country and aligning the industrial promotion strategy closer to the government’s green policy. As the largest automotive production hub in Southeast Asia, Thailand is making efforts to add electric vehicles […]
NIPON POAPONGSAKORN PHUNJASIT CHOKESOMRITPOL Thailand 4.0 is the Thai government’s new economic model aimed at pulling the country out of the middleincome trap. For agriculture, it means a seven-fold increase in average annual income of farmers from 56,450 baht to 390,000 baht within the next 20 years – an extremely difficult, if not impossible objective […]
Boonwara Sumano Corruption is something everybody has been talking about and some are even upset about. Unfortunately corruption is a subject which people understand very little about. This is because corruption involves dishonest actions that are both immoral and illegal, which prompts people to conceal it. A number of previous studies attempted to look at […]
