SOMRUEDI BANCHONGDUANG NUNTAWUN POLKUAMDEE Nonarit Bisonyabut, TDRI predicts that the economy will remain in the doldrums this year and urges the government to speed up public investment and launch measures to help low-income earners and restore investor confidence. The think tank estimates that GDP will come in at 2.75-3.25% this year, said research fellow Nonarit Bisonyabut, […]
Contents Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Nonarit Bisonyabut Toward High-Quality Growth: Thailand’s Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Three Decades Chatra Kamsaeng 4G Technology and the Mobile Telephone Industry
NONARIT BISONYABUT CHATRA KAMSAENG Thailand’s economic development derives mainly from cheap labour. The manufacturing sector relies upon foreign technology rather than creating its own industry. With comparatively low labour costs and government support for infrastructure and investment incentives, the Thai manufacturing sector has thrived as a main driver of economic growth in the past few […]
Contents Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Nonarit Bisonyabut Toward High-Quality Growth: Thailand’s Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Three Decades Chatra Kamsaeng 4G Technology and the Mobile Telephone Industry
In order to prepare for Thailand’s ageing society, the public and private sectors should push for policies that promote saving and motivate people to work beyond retirement age, an expert at Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) said. TDRI research fellow Jirawat Panpiemras said the government should implement policies that ensure workers have life security, as […]
Thailand is at risk of remaining in the middle-income trap for at least another 20 years, despite a likely compound growth rate of 4-5 per cent per year, the Thailand Development Research Institute said. The TDRI said the country must specialise in either manufacturing or services with a certain development direction to escape the trap. […]
Panel: Economy too diversified to prosper Thailand must specialise in either manufacturing or the service sector if it wants to escape the middle-income trap, says the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). “Developing the economy to move past the middle-income trap could go in either of those directions but it must be based on investment in […]
Contents Kittipong Rueanthip, Jirawat Panpiemras, and Nonarit Bisonyabut Thailand’s Economic Growth after 1992: Was that Growth Pro-poor? Somkiat Tangkitvanich, Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu, Sunthorn Tunmuntong, and Ploy Thammapiranon Thailand in the AEC: Myths, Realities, Opportunities, and Challenges
