Contents Chalongphob Sussangkarn Role of the market in maintaining financial stability: finding appropriate adjustments Deunden Nikomborirak Shipping cartels: what can we do about them? Nimitchai Snitban, Deunden Nikomborirak, Karn Sinseubpol, Weerawan Paibunjitt-aree Study on cross-border transport of goods by road from Malaysia to 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 Deunden Nikomborirak Transport liberalization and competition concerns in ASEAN Narong Pomlaktong, Prakai Theerawattanakul, Rapee Pholpanich, Ruttiya Bhula-or Meet demands of the logistics industry

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak A Survey of Consumer Protection Codes in Aviation in ASEAN Chaiyasit Anuchitworawong, Thida Intarachote, and Pakorn Vichyanond The Economic Impact of Small Business Credit Guarantee

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak Civil Service Reform and the Quest for Better Governance: The Thai Experience Kwanjai Lekagul Summary of the 2006 Year-end Conference on “Toward a Decade after the Economic Crisis: Lessons and Reforms”

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 Chalongphob Sussangkarn, and Somchai Jitsuchon The Sub-Prime Crisis and Thailand’s Growth Rebalancing Deunden Nikomborirak Independence, Accountability and Conflict of Interest: The Case of Regulatory Agencies and the Regulatory Challenge Facing Developing Countries Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Taratorn Ratananarumitsorn, Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul, and Puchit Sariddichainunta Independence, Accountability and Conflict of Interest: The Case of Regulatory Agencies and the […]

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak, and Saowaluk Cheevasittiyanon Telecom Regulatory and Policy Environment in Thailand: Results and Analysis of the 2008 Telecom Regulatory Environment Survey Kwanjai Lekagul Summary of Papers Presented at the 2008 TDRI Year-end Conference on “Sustaining Long-term Growth”

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak The Development of Drug Patents in Thailand and the Effects of Free Trade Agreements on Drug Patent Issues Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu, Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Tanawat JittichaiNuttawut Laksanapanyakul Determinants of ICT Usage in the Business Sector in Thailand

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

Contents Deunden Nikomborirak Competition in the Interbank Bulk Payment and Credit Transfer Service Market Somkiat Tangkitvanich, and Worapoj Wongkitrungruang Digital Media in Thailand: Opportunities and Risks for News Journalism