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BTI 2016: Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management in 129 developing and transition...
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BTI 2014. Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 report for Thailand. The BTI analyzes and evaluates countries' movements toward democracy and a market economy. For 12...
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Global warming scapegoat: A new punishment measure imposed on indigenous peoples for practicing their sustainable traditional livelihood activities
A brief about the Government of Thailand's arrest of two Karen farmers as they cleared fields for shifting cultivation, their traditional method of farming. The authors raise co...
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Open Budget Survey 2015: Thailand
Thailand’s score of 42 out of 100 is a little lower than the global average score of 45. Drawing on internationally accepted criteria developed by multilateral organizations, th...
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Trapped in the kitchen of the world: The situation for migrant workers in Thailand’s poultry industry (Report #76)
Interviews with 98 migrant workers employed by four different Thai poultry producers, that all have exported to Sweden during the last three years, show an extensive variation o...
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The Economic Impact of the 26 December 2004 Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami in Thailand
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 9.5 in the Richter scale, with epicenter located just off the Northern part of the island of Sumatra, occurred in the early hours of 26 Decemb...
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A Model of Appropriate Self-Adjustment of Farmers who Grow Para Rubber (Hevea Brasiliensis) in Northeast Thailand
Problem statement: Para Rubber was an economic wood growing in Northeast Thailand playing economic and social role. The objectives of this research were to ...
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Estimation of Emissions from Sugarcane Field Burning in Thailand Using Bottom-Up Country-Specific Activity Data
Open burning in sugarcane fields is recognized as a major source of air pollution. However, the assessment of its emission intensity in many regions of the world still lacks inf...
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Sustainable Development Reporting: Evidence from Thailand
The aims of this research are to investigate the extent of sustainable development (SD) reporting in the 2005-2012 annual reports of listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Th...
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Vulnerability Index to Climate Change and its Application for Community-level Risk Assessment in Thailand
Based on the results analyzed in the provincial pilot sites, the PCVI could represent both spatial patterns and magnitudes of vulnerability of each community in consistence with...
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Pyrethroid Insecticide Exposure in School-Aged Children Living in Rice and Aquacultural Farming Regions of Thailand
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Asian Development Bank and Thailand: Factsheet
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Thailand: grain and feed annual, 2014
The report contains assessment of commodity and trade issue in Thailand. It highlights that Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 rice and corn production is forecast to decline 2-3 perce...
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The Water Sector in Thailand
Recent floods and drought, water pollution and increasing demand for water clearly show the need for an integrated development of water resources and management in Thailand. Whi...
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The Environment Minister kicks off 'Mae Chaem Model Plus'
The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment kicks of 'Mae Chaem Model Plus' and opens a one-stop learning center and networking zone to share knowledge and know-how of cof...
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Development, Civil Society, and NGOs
This is a lecture delivered to a group of government officials in Bangkok on 24 April 2000 as part of a course on Development and Public Policy Analysis, organised by Emeritus ...
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Importance of small-scale fisheries in tributaries of the Mekong River: Case studies of Lam Se Bok and Huai Kha Yung Rivers, Thailand
The information in this book is based on the research entitled, “Fisheries Impacts of Hydropower Dams on Thai Mekong Tributary Rivers.” The main areas of study are located in La...
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Thailand receives ranking upgrade for combating IUU fishing
News article summarizing that The European Commission has formally upgraded Thailand’s fisheries ranking, citing the Kingdom’s efforts to tackle illegal, unregulated and unrepor...
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The Role of Special Economic Zones in Improving Effectiveness of Greater Mekong Subregion
The paper first reviews the global literature on SEZs and the history of SEZs in the GMS, with emphasis on particular features of border SEZs when two bordering countries have d...
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The Role of Special Economic Zones in Improving Effectiveness of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors
The paper brings together the wider literature and the GMS evidence to assess the arguments and modalities for harnessing SEZs for border development. The report concludes with ...