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Welfare rules need review
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/02/2024
» Last week, Social Development and Human Security Minister Varawut Silpa-archa announced the expansion of welfare programmes to benefit newborns, the elderly and the disabled. While experts welcomed the push, it was certainly overdue.
Disability benefits system needs revamp
Oped, Published on 06/07/2022
» More than half of people with disabilities in Thailand do not receive welfare assistance from the government. This is unacceptable.
Lottery solution for old-age security
Oped, Published on 26/05/2021
» When Thailand becomes a fully aged society next year, the majority of the older people in the country will be scraping by on little savings -- or none at all.