Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54098 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2011/02
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Thailand's development strategy has been strongly market-oriented and open to trade and investment flows with the rest of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been outstanding. Poverty incidence has declined dramatically, but economic inequality has increased. Economic progress has been reflected in very significant improvement in non-economic indicators of well-being such as life expectancy, infant and maternal morality, and literacy. Nevertheless, the performance of the education system is chronically poor. Environmental problems and institutional failures in resource management are ongoing. Reform is needed in several areas, including political and corporate governance, regulation of industry, and in the education and health systems.
Subjects: 
Thailand
development strategies
growth
JEL: 
O10
O16
O20
O53
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-365-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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