Thailand's development strategy and growth performance

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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.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-365-5
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2011/02

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: General ; Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance ; Development Planning and Policy: General ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Subject: Thailand ; development strategies ; growth ; Entwicklungsstrategie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Thailand

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Warr, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/54098
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET