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| Document Date:
| 2003/01/22 |
| Document Type:
| Country Assistance Strategy Document |
| Report Number:
| 25077 |
| Volume No:
| 1 |
| Country:
| Thailand ; |
| Doc Name:
| Thailand - Country assistance strategy |
| Keywords:
| access to information,agriculture,analytical work,annual rate,anti-poverty strategies,benchmarks,business environment,capacity building,capital markets,Civil Society,comparative advantage,competitiveness,consumers,COUNTRY CONTEXT,country level,Currency unit,decentralization,Development Assistance,Development Goals,development partners,Development Policy,disclosure,drug users,economic development,economic growth,Economic management,Economic Memorandum,economic regulations,economic risks,education,environment,environmental protection,Exchange Rate,external debt,financial crisis,financial markets,financial resources,Financial Sector,Financial support,foreign exchange,free trade,GDP,Gini coefficient,Gross Domestic Product,health,health expenditures,health legislation,health policy,health problem,health services,human capital,illiteracy,Immunodeficiency,Income,Income Countries,Income inequality,income quintiles,inflation,informal sector,innovation,insurance,interest rates,knowledge economy,labor market,laws,local level,low interest rates,macroeconomic management,Macroeconomic stability,manufacturing sector,mergers,monitoring system,moral hazard,mortality,national Poverty,national Poverty Reduction Strategy,Natural resources,occupational safety,Partnership,pension system,Policy Review,poor people,Poverty Analysis,Poverty Dynamics,poverty headcount,poverty line,poverty map,Poverty Measurement,poverty monitoring,poverty reduction,primary education,Private Sector,private sectors,product differentiation,productivity,productivity growth,public expenditure,public expenditures,public goods,public institutions,public participation,Public Sector,Purchasing Power,Purchasing Power Parity,quality of life,real GDP,Reducing poverty,Risk Management,rural areas,safety,safety nets,sex workers,social,social assistance,social capital,Social Development,social insurance,Social Protection,social sectors,social services,state-owned enterprises,structural reform,structural reforms,surgery,Team Members,Technical Assistance,telecommunications,total costs,Total factor productivity,Total factor productivity growth,Understanding poverty,unemployment,unemployment benefits,World Trade Organization,WTO. Political development; Economic development; Partnership; Knowledge sharing; Policy advisory role; Macroeconomic stability; Domestic consumption; Public debt; Fiscal consolidation; Corporate debt; Total factor productivity; Poverty reduction strategies; Quality of life; Social protection systems; Competitiveness; Economic management; Financial sector reform; Infrastructure development; Targeted assistance; Natural resources development; Gender equality; Structural reforms; Governance Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Major Sector:
| (Historic)Sector not applicable |
| Region:
| East Asia and Pacific ; |
| Rep Title:
| Thailand - Country assistance strategy |
| Sector:
| (Historic)Sector not applicable |
| Topics:
| Poverty Reduction |
| SubTopics:
| Environmental Economics & Policies ; Economic Theory & Research ; Poverty Assessment ; Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; Health Economics & Finance |
| Unit Owning:
| Regional Mission in Bangkok (CEAR2) |
| Originating Unit: | Regional Mission in Bangkok (CEAR2) |
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Abstract
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| This document provides a framework for a new and innovative partnership between Thailand and the World Bank Group for FY03-05. In recent years, the relationship between Thailand and the World Bank Group has progressed from primarily a borrower-lender relationship toward a true development partnership. Financial support remains an important part of the partnership, especially for IFC and MIGA transactions, but the Bank's role has evolved more toward facilitating knowledge sharing and providing policy advice on medium-term structural issues. Building on this evolving approach, the new Thailand-Bank Group partnership focuses on diagnostic and monitoring work and a limited amount of implementation support for selected critical issues in Thailand's overall national development agenda. Thailand has made significant progress since the economic and financial crisis in 1997-98. Macroeconomic stability has been restored, access to international capital markets has been reestablished, inflation remains low, and real GDP growth is projected to rise over 2 percentage points this year. The recovery is driven mainly by consumption growth, prompted by rising consumer confidence, low interest rates, and fiscal measures to stimulate consumption. However, due in part to uncertainties in private investment, public debt, and global economic prospects, the recovery remains fragile. Thailand's medium-term prospects now depend on its ability to address underlying structural reforms--such as completi Thailand's medium-term prospects now depend on its ability to address underlying structural reforms--such as completing financial and corporate sector reforms and improving the country's competitiveness. Thailand must also address the paramount challenges of poverty and inequality. Income inequality is among the highest in Southeast Asia, and although poverty has declined from its crisis peak, it still remains above the 1996 level. Poverty continues to be predominantly a rural problem, with nine of ten poor people living in rural areas, two-thirds in the Northeast. |
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