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Nudging the nation toward sustainable development
News, Published on 21/10/2017
» When the Nobel Committee awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics to Prof Richard Thaler, we at the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage (MFLF) were more than pleased.
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NSF optimistic on reaching 1 million member mark
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/09/2018
» The National Savings Fund (NSF) is confident membership will reach 1 million this year as state enterprise officials who are not provident fund members have been permitted to join the voluntary pension fund for self-employed workers.
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Mixed signals
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/11/2017
» Trade and investment have been vital contributors to growth in the Asia Pacific region, where many developing economies were surging before the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Global and regional trade subsequently weakened, and while the outlook has brightened this year, clouds loom on the horizon.
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Many workers ill-prepared for old age
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/02/2023
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith is concerned that more than 16 million informal workers have yet to participate in any savings scheme to prepare for life during retirement, even though Thailand is expected to become an aged society in the next two years.
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Private sector supports scheme, worries for SMEs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 02/05/2016
» Local business leaders support the government's new mandatory provident fund scheme. However, they say its impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) needs to be taken into consideration.
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Savings fund may be delayed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/02/2012
» The government may delay implementation of the new National Savings Fund, says Kittiratt Na-Ranong, the deputy prime minister and finance minister.
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Cabinet mulls elderly policies
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/07/2016
» A package of measures to deal with the growing greying population, including reverse mortgages and mandatory provident funds, will go before the cabinet early next month.
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Savings fund may get a boost
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/10/2012
» The Finance Ministry wants to increase state contributions to members of the National Savings Fund to help encourage citizens to participate in the retirement scheme.
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Mandatory provident fund considered by cabinet
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2016
» A long-awaited mandatory provident fund scheme will be on the cabinet's agenda tomorrow as part of efforts to provide a retirement safety net as the country's demographic trend keeps edging older.
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Provident fund go-ahead
Business, Published on 02/05/2016
» The Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) is set to enforce the long-delayed mandatory provident fund scheme by 2018, according to senior officials.
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