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Let's demand more from donations
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 10/08/2016
» For the past five years, Charities Aids Foundation (CAF) has been reporting levels of generosity in countries around the world using three categories: giving money, volunteering, and helping strangers. In 2015, Thailand ranked 19th in the CAF World Giving Index for the overall score of 48%. But in the donating money category, Thailand scored as high as 87% and seconded only to Myanmar, which ranked first in the overall CAF index. TDRI's calculation, based on the National Statistical Office's Household Socio-Economic Survey, also found that Thai households are donating more and more money every year, amounting to more than 75 billion baht in 2014, or around 0.6% of the country's GDP that year. These statistics suggest that most Thais are kind and generous when it comes to giving money to others.
Let's talk about gun control in Thailand
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 12/10/2022
» Oct 6 marks one of the most tragic days in Thailand's history. Back in 1976, hundreds of students and protesters were attacked and killed at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus. Last week, 37 people, 24 of them preschool kids, lost their lives in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province.
A city blind to half of its population
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 16/03/2022
» At the end of 2021, Bangkok had 5.52 million residents -- 53% of whom (2.93 million) are women.
Measuring well-being in Thai society
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 24/11/2021
» Social development is like a marathon, where many run together, often for a common cause, toward a singular goal. Unlike a sprint, a marathon takes hours to finish. Outcomes of social development also take time to reveal themselves. That is why actors in the social development landscape often ask -- or are asked --if they are making progress, and how far it will take to reach the goal.
Abuse against women still prevalent
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 25/11/2020
» In December 1999, the United Nations designated Nov 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to commemorate the murder of the Mirabal sisters, the three Dominican political activists who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in 1960. Today marks the 20th celebration of said day, and therefore it might be worthwhile to review the current situation of violence against women in Thailand.
Lockdown peril haunts abusive homes
Oped, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 22/04/2020
» Some of the key policies to curtail the widespread transmission of the coronavirus or Covid-19 are city-lockdowns and self-isolation. The Thai government has been urging people to stay at home and shut down places for mass gatherings, including schools and childcare centres, since March 22.
Factors affecting the decision to act dishonestly
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 14/06/2017
» Corruption is something everybody has been talking about and some are even upset about. Unfortunately corruption is a subject which people understand very little about. This is because corruption involves dishonest actions that are both immoral and illegal, which prompts people to conceal it. A number of previous studies attempted to look at how corrupt practices happened by investigating backward, which sometimes led to dead-ends as evidence had been removed to avoid prosecution. To better understand and prevent corruption, perhaps we need to look at the beginning -- what makes a person decide to act dishonestly in the first place?
Human rights are becoming part of trade standards
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 12/10/2016
» International trade has gradually become an important source of growth for many economies. Trade standards (how countries decide which products should be allowed into their markets), have also expanded to include areas such as intellectual property rights, the environment, labour and human rights. Keeping up with these trade-related issues is vital for any country aiming to become a successful trading nation.
Thailand must 'break out' and become a trading nation
News, Boonwara Sumano, Published on 19/01/2016
» In 2012, Ruchir Sharma wrote in his famous book called Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles about the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which had affected economies worldwide. In this book, he predicted that not many countries would be able to maintain economic growth at the desirable rate throughout this decade. He called these fortunate few countries, including Thailand, "breakout nations". These nations, he argued, were likely to continue growing and becoming the next economic miracles.