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Floods: Thai economy shrinks 2.8%
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/12/2011
» Floods & slow global economy led to shrinking Thai economy in last 3 months of 2011. Exports in November fell by 12.4%, the worst in 2 years.
Essential land reform vocabulary 1
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/10/2010
» The goal of land reform policy is to give poor farmers land but the real challenge is a policy to prevent farmers from losing this land during bad years.
401 new laws without meaningful public participation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/07/2017
» New constitution calls for thorough public participation in law-making but no meaningful public participation in lawmaking under military regime.
Smart ID cards for monks & temple auditing
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/07/2017
» Surveillance of monks & better accounting at temples after high-profile embezzlement cases clearly show need.
To strengthen exports, currency market intervention: KBank
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/07/2017
» With exports 75% of Thai economy, controlling baht to remain competitive on international export & tourism markets very important for Thailand, so Bank of Thailand intervened.
Bangkok No 1 in Asia for launching a startup: survey
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/07/2017
» Low cost of living & rents raised Bangkok to top place for small startup businesses. 'Digital nomads' choosing Thailand too, but more friendly regulations needed.
Educational inequality in Thailand: The challenge
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2017
» As long as focus is on smartest students in a few select schools, educational inequality & low test scores for the country overall will be the result.
University research: R&D money to boost competitiveness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2017
» Stimulating research in areas of food, agriculture, healthcare, biomedical & biotech; AI, robotics & creative economy, aim of new govt program & funding.
Baht rising fast: At 33.94 per dollar, exports hurting
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/06/2017
» Big Business is lobbying the Bank of Thailand to stop the never-ending rise of the baht, now at 33.94 per dollar and hurting exports.
Japan: First emperor abdication in over 200 years, enabling-law passed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/06/2017
» Japan may have a new emperor by the end of 2018 as Crown Prince Naruhito's ascension to the throne cleared by once-off law.