1st Edition

Thailand Beyond the Crisis

By Peter Warr Copyright 2005
    368 Pages
    by Routledge

    368 Pages
    by Routledge

    Thailand Beyond the Crisis includes recent research to give an accurate and up to date picture of the status of Thailand's economic recovery. The Asian economic crisis began in Thailand and ended a decade of sustained economic boom. This book identifies the role of policy errors involving both the Thai government and the IMF that lead to the crash of the fastest growing economy in the world. Warr addresses the consequences of the crisis, including sharply increased poverty incidence and a backlog of non- performing loans which clogged the banking system, delaying recovery.
    Key content includes:

    * the Social Consequences of the crisis, and alternatives
    * public sector reform
    * implications of a floating exchange rate
    * education
    * urbanisation and the environment.

    Contributors
    Preface
    Note on referencing of Thai names
    Map of Thailand
    Part 1 Background to the Crisis and the Recovery Process
    1. Boom, Bust and Beyond
    2. Anatomy of the Crisis
    Part 2 The Social and Political Context of the Recovery Process
    3. Pluto-Populism: Thaksin and Popular Politics
    4. Socio-economic Consequences of the Crisis
    5. Developing Social Alternatives: Walking Backwards into a Khlong
    Part 3 The New Environmenta for Economic Policy Making
    6. Public Sector Reform: A Post-crisis Opportunity
    7. Dealing with Debt: NPLs and Debt Restructuring
    8. The Implications of a Flexible Exchange Rate
    Part 4 The Long Term - Human Capital, Urbanization and the Environment
    9. Education: The Key to Long Term Recovery? Sirilaksana Khoman
    10. Urbanization: New Drivers, New Outcomes Douglas Webster
    11. Natural Resources and the Environment Mingsarn Kaosa-ard
    Index

    Biography

    Peter Warr is currently John Crawford Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Australian National University