Contents Pranee Tinakorn, Chalongphob Sussangkarn Study of the Thai Government Budget Allocation: An International Comparison Adis Israngkura Ecotourism Ramon C. Sevilla, Yongyuth Chalamwong Dilemmas of Rapid Growth: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Policy Implications of Illegal Migration in Thailand Peter Mytri Ungphakorn Does Europe Matter to APEC?

Contents Emily O. Felt, Wisarn Pupphavesa The Rise of China and Its Implications for Thailand in the Future: An Economic Analysis Kirk Talbott Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity: Developing Linkages with Local Communities Yongyuth Chalamwong Brakes on Growth: Infrastructure Bottlenecks and Thai Industry

Contents Ammar Siamwalla Conceptualizing the process of cleaning up balance sheets in post-crisis Thailand Songkram Grachangnetara Pricing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector before and after concession conversion: note on a general approach and the basic economics Yongyuth Chalamwong Recent trends in migration flows and policies in Thailand Adis Israngkura Determining entrance fees to national parks

Contents Yongyuth Chalamwong Thai diaspora: one way out in solving shortages of highly skilled labor

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 Jirawat Panpiemras, Yongyuth Chalamwong, and Punpreecha Bhuthong Do Location and Cross-border Activity Matter in the Presence of Cross-border Economic Integration? Sumeth Ongkittikul Regulatory Reform in European Public Transport: What Can We Learn?

Contents Yongyuth Chalamwong, and Sujittra Rodsomboon A Foreign Worker Levy for Thailand Adis Israngkura How Does Democracy Shape Economic Polcies in Thailand? Chaiyasit Anuchitworawong Credit Access and Poverty Reduction

Contents Yongyuth Chalamwong, Raphaella Prugsamatz The Economic Role of Migration–Labor Migration in Thailand: Recent Trends and Implications for Development Deunden Nikomborirak An Assessment of Growth in the Trade in Services between Thailand and Australia after the Implementation of the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Contents Yongyuth Chalamwong, Raphaella Prugsamatz, and Khanittha Hongprayoon Exploitation and Discrimination Experience of Migrant Workers in Five Provinces Chedtha Intaravitak Decomposing Growth: A Historical/Decomposition Simulation of Thailand Sectoral Growth between 2000 and 2005

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak, Sirikarn Lertampainon, and Weerawan Paibunjitt-aree Corporate Fraud in Thailand Yongyuth Chalamwong Management of Cross-border Low-Skilled Workers in Thailand: An Update