The telecommunications market in Thailand is one of the more complicated in the world. Because of its history and the way it evolved with changing technologies – and changing politics – a regulatory bottleneck formed that held back development and kept the market from advancing as fast as its regional competitors. However, despite complications...
After years of rapid economic expansion and population growth, Thailand’s education system is facing strong challenges in areas such as quality and enrolment, the rural-urban divide, links between business and academia, and policy continuity. Recognising the scale of these challenges, the education minister, Chaturon Chaisaeng, commented in...
Thailand is no small player in the steel industry. It is the number 33 manufacturer in the world for crude steel, behind only Malaysia and Vietnam in the ASEAN region, according to World Steel Association figures for 2012. In the first half of 2013, reports the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute, it was the region’s largest producer of...
For many years Thailand has focused on increasing energy generation so that it could power its industrial growth and meet the energy needs of an increasingly prosperous society. Achieving this objective was a requirement in terms of sustaining economic growth and, so far, the country’s energy production has succeeded at keeping pace. Thailand...
The biggest lunge forward for Thailand’s health care system in recent years has been to put in place a form of universal health care. Not only has this brought many benefits to ordinary Thais, it has drawn many into the health care system who were unable to afford it hitherto. The public system has at the same time been working in tandem with...
On the economic road from farms to factories to services, Thailand has come a long way. Through a combination of low costs, sound policy, a good work ethic and a relative lack of labour activism, the country has managed to make the transition from an economy based on agriculture and commodities to become one of the most industry-oriented nations...
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