Tag: Pasuk Phongpaichit

Amid clamour for ‘reform’, TDRI elicits practical suggestions to tackle economic, political woes

Amid clamour for ‘reform’, TDRI elicits practical suggestions to tackle economic, political woes

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Erich Parpart Amid the political turmoil and demands for the country’s reform, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), economists and academics have proposed efficiency, transparency, and good governance in every sector of the country. The aim is to stamp out the country’s chronic economic and political problems in all aspects. In each of the past […]

Economists wary of people’s council

Economists wary of people’s council

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An appointed government proposed by protesters as a “people’s council” could worsen Thailand’s chronic corruption problems, economists have warned. Prof Pasuk Phongpaichit of Chulalongkorn University’s economics faculty yesterday said it is not clear who would appoint the members, and this would allow for corruption. “A small group of people might not come from a fully […]