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Exim Bank anticipates 3% export growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/12/2024
» The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) projects exports to grow by 3% both this year and next, marking the first time in six years that export growth has achieved this level.
Joint PPP for elderly housing
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/02/2021
» The Social Development and Human Security Ministry and the Finance Ministry are jointly pushing forward a public-private partnership (PPP) project to develop a 649-rai model city branded as the "Happiness Social City".
B100bn-plus sought for rural stimulus
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/09/2019
» The Finance Ministry estimates that more than 100 billion baht is needed to fund a strategy of sustainable development for the rural economy to thoroughly cover 30 million poor people in the segment.
BAAC poll finds farmers are happier
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/12/2018
» Farmer happiness late this year rose 2.37% year-on-year to 82.6%, a level considered very happy, with those living in the eastern region ranking the happiest, according to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives' (BAAC) poll.
'Tis the season to stop giving officials gifts
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/01/2018
» Thanks to the "no gift" policy, a directive instructing state officials not to accept or give expensive gifts, most state offices have celebrated the festive season in a different atmosphere.
Breaking the glass ceiling
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/10/2016
» While the number of women working at state agencies has grown in recent years, it is rare to find them in high-ranking roles, especially among fiscal policymakers.
GSB targets loans to help economy
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/10/2014
» The state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) has turned its focus to loans and microfinance in the fourth quarter to comply with the government's policy of stimulating the economy.
Farmer happiness down from August
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/07/2014
» Farmer happiness last month dropped substantially from its peak last August when they had high hopes of stable income from the Yingluck Shinawatra administration's rice pledging scheme, reports a Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives' (BAAC) poll.
Cure for ailing farmers worse than the disease
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/08/2013
» Since the first Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2001, and all the way to the current Yingluck Shinawatra government, one clear priority for Thailand's political leaders has been the importance of poverty alleviation policies.
Falling crop prices, debts plague farmers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/03/2013
» Declining farm prices and debt problems have remained the major concerns of Thai farmers, but they are still happy with a farming career, according to the latest survey by the BAAC Research Center.