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Helping villagers help themselves, over the decades
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/03/2018
» Recognised by the international community as a leader in the field of local development, the Mae Fah Luang Foundation is being tasked with spearheading rural development under the government-initiated Pracha Rat public-private collaborative scheme.
BoI told to fit policy to changing times
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/02/2018
» The Board of Investment (BoI) has been instructed to rejig its investment promotion policies to make them reflect technological changes, environmental impact reduction and Thailand's ageing society.
B150bn splashed out to aid water projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 18/01/2018
» The government is allocating more funds this fiscal year to water management, particularly to develop existing royally initiated water projects, in an effort to ensure supply for farmland and generate more income in the sector.
Ministry eyes innovation loan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Science and Technology Ministry plans to ask for cabinet approval to borrow US$300 million (9.67 billion baht) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote science, technology and innovation, to support the government's much-touted Thailand 4.0 scheme.
GSB seeks B5bn to tackle loan sharks
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/12/2017
» Government Savings Bank (GSB) will seek approval from the Finance Ministry to lend an additional 5 billion baht through packages to help refinance underground loans owed by low-income earners in 2018.
EU free trade talks put on fast track
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/12/2017
» The Commerce Ministry and related state agencies have been ordered to speed up preparing free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the EU after the bloc recently agreed to resume political contact "at all levels" with Thailand, more than three years after suspending them in protest because of the military coup in Bangkok.
Reservoir repairs community
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/12/2017
» The Sakor is mostly recognised as a small, decaying reservoir in the Deep South, but efforts to fix it have united the rural poor in Narathiwat province.
Leap to 26th in ease of business
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/11/2017
» While Thailand saw a strong jump to 26th in the World Bank's ease of doing business rankings for 2018, the government is committed to tackling the remaining obstacles, says Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Royal legacy lives on, foundation vows
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/10/2017
» Despite the passing of the country's revered monarch, the Pid Thong Lang Phra Foundation, a royal-sponsored initiative that specialises in rural development using the sufficiency philosophy, vows to uphold the royal legacy to improve the living conditions of folks living upcountry.
Sharing the Karen way of life, sufficiently
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/10/2017
» Phanon Khorsook, 24, faced disappointment and confusion from his parents and community when he decided to return to the mountainous village in Uthai Thani where he was born after earning a bachelor's degree in political science from Nakhonsawan Rajabhat University.