Abstract Energy and energy security have become important to countries aiming to go on the path of sustainable development. In this regard this paper analyses…
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Country or Region: Thailand
Abstract Over the past five decades Thailand’s electricity arrangements have evolved from largely self-regulated state-owned utilities, to limited private-sector participation (under small power producer and…
Abstract This paper demonstrates that multilateralism and regionalism are complementary, and that regional income convergence is likely with a like-minded and committed regionalism that often…
Abstract When Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam became members of ASEAN in the late 1990s, concerns were raised about the emergence of a development divide…
Abstract This paper sets out to examine what has happened to the multinational enterprises from Thailand after the crisis. The paper sets the context by…
Abstract This paper aims at discussing Thailand’s FTAs initiative and strategy. The recent proliferation of worldwide FTAs in conjunction with the interest of the political…
Continue reading Chirathivat, Suthiphand and Sothitorn Mallikamas
Abstract This paper examines post-crisis export performance in Thailand against the backdrop of pre-crisis experience and ongoing changes in patterns of international production. Following a…
Continue reading Athukorala, Prema-chandra and Suphat Suphachalasai
Abstract Sustained reduction of poverty incidence in Thailand has occurred over a period of several decades. This reduction in absolute poverty has occurred in spite…
Abstract This research note analyses China’s Great Western Development Strategy, or the so-called “Go-West” policy, launched in 2000, and its implications for Thailand. Under this…
Abstract Studies on industrial clustering identify factors that nourish the clustering and thus aid in industrial development. We classify these as government incentives and economic…
Abstract This paper analyses the influence of the East Asian crisis and the subsequent reforms on the oligopolistic nature of the Thai banking industry. Since…
Abstract This paper investigates Thailand’s macroeconomic policy responses to the global financial crisis in 2009. Empirical evidence found in this paper indicates that fiscal policy…
Abstract This paper compares long-run economic growth in Indonesia and Thailand as related to technological progress during the second half of the twentieth century. It…
Abstract This paper uses national income identity to explain the causal relationships among Thailand’s aggregate volatility, deficient financial structure, financial liberalization, and financial crisis in…
Abstract The paper analyses the nature, the determinants, and the impacts of net capital inflows surging in Thailand after the 1997 currency and financial crises.…
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