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Palm oil shortage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/02/2011
» Subsidies remain, but freeing imports to meet shortage would avoid rewarding those "benefiting from the crisis."
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Rice policy: Govt spending black hole?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/09/2011
» Will consumers pay for huge rice price subsidies, far above market prices? Will ignoring the market lead to a vicious cycle of government spending?
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Govt rice prices ignore global markets: Road to ruin?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/05/2012
» Paying for rice far above world market prices, govt may be destroying Thailand's rice sector & handing leadership to India & Vietnam.
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Govt banks: Rice funding costs rise as risk rises
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/03/2013
» As govt becomes sole buyer of rice in country & govt rice stocks rise with few sales, govt bank borrowing costs grow.
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Rice corruption: Bigger problem than debt
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/06/2013
» Corrupt traders find many ways to profit from govt: selling rice for the poor for a profit, substituting cheap foreign rice...
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How awful was rice pledging, really?
Business, Published on 25/08/2017
» The verdict from the Supreme Court is out today on whether former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is guilty for her handling of the contentious rice-pledging scheme, one that officials say cost taxpayers more than 500 billion baht.
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The more things change
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 04/02/2019
» After a series of false promises on a general election, Thailand is scheduled to hold one on March 24 after more than four years of military rule.
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