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Standing its ground
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 03/01/2013
» The Pheu Thai Party-led government's rice pledging scheme has faced a barrage of criticism among pundits, who have come up with several versions of calculated losses that will later become public debt.
Warning on public debt
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/12/2012
» The country could save expenditures for stimulus programmes to fund social welfare and enact policies to reduce inequality and raise the skill level of the population, says the World Bank.
Rice scheme seen playing favourites
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/11/2012
» Experts have yet again voiced concerns about the government's resolute intention to continue the costly paddy pledging programme, saying it will ruin the position of Thai rice in the world market, open the sector to corruption and undermine fiscal discipline.
Domestic consumption may shore up growth
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/10/2012
» Thailand's spending programmes may help boost consumption and ease the impacts from weak exports but the effects would not last long, warns the Asian Development Bank.
Never mind the promises, how about respect?
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/09/2012
» If you had to write a letter to the government to assess its performance after its first year in office, how would you go about doing it? For me, I would try to see through the eyes of government supporters. And here's my take:
ADB scoffs at rice cartel suggestion
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/09/2012
» Massive global supply will prevent rice prices from soaring even as Thailand continues its paddy pledging and India restricts its exports, says the Asian Development bank.
Economists slam government policies
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/07/2012
» Leading economists expressed concern the government's paddy mortgage project is ineffective in addressing the wealth gap and is leading to significant losses of fiscal resources.
TDRI: Learn your market
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/06/2012
» The Commerce Ministry and the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) are studying strategies for improving the country's key exports in expanding markets.
Thai rice loses price competitiveness
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/05/2012
» Thai rice exports fell by 63% year-on-year in March as the government rice mortgage programme pushed prices well above competitors such as India and Vietnam, according to a senior Bank of Thailand official.