Dissertations / Theses: 'Thailand'

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Areström, Filip. "Demokrati i Thailand : En studie om Thailands möjlighet till en konsoliderad demokrati." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-79624.

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This essay aims to examine and analyze how the political situation in Thailand looks like and what conditions Thailand has to become a consolidated democracy. This is achieved via a theoretical case study where Linz and Stepans five arenas of consolidated democracy is the center. This theory has been applied to the current political situation in Thailand to get to a conclusion on what the democratic situation actually looks like. In the end this essay comes to the conclusion that the democratic future of Thailand looks really dark and that the conditions for a possible consolidated democracy in the near future are really bad. The main reason for this dark democratic future is the current government and there unwillingnes to adept to a democratic system.

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Tungtang, Paradee. "Shakespeare in Thailand." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36865/.

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Unlike most Asian nations to which Shakespeare was imported with the colonizers during the mid-1800s to impose Western literary culture on the colonized, in the case of Thailand, it is the other way round. Thailand (or Siam as it was called then) managed to escape colonization by Western powers, but during this politically unstable period, Siam felt the urgent need to westernize the country. A period of intensive westernization thus began. Shakespeare arrived as one of several significant elements of the nation’s self-westernization in literary education. In 1916, the name of Shakespeare became widely known in Siam as one of his plays, The Merchant of Venice, was translated by King Vajiravudh (1881-1925), who is highly regarded as a prolific dramatist and all-around man of letters in the country. The King himself initiated Western literary translation by translating three plays by Shakespeare, namely The Merchant of Venice (1916), As You Like It (1921), and Romeo and Juliet (1922), and also by adapting Shakespeare’s Othello (1925) into a Siamese conventional dance drama playtext. Although there were some other attempts before and after the King to translate Shakespeare, none of them has been successful in leaving a memorable impact in Thai literary circles as much as the King’s version. Translating and staging Shakespeare’s works in Thailand became rare, practised only within a small circle of literary scholars. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, there have been a handful of attempts to translate and stage Shakespearean plays by commercial Thai theatre practitioners. To stage Shakespeare’s plays in Thailand especially in a contemporary context, most production teams have encountered a similar difficulty, that of bridging the gap to bring Shakespeare to Thai popular audiences who embrace different backgrounds in dramatic practice and aesthetics. The main purposes of this study are, therefore, to examine how Shakespeare has been translated, staged, and received by Thai readers and audiences from the late nineteenth century when Shakespeare was introduced in Siam until today, and to locate his influences and impact on Thai literary and theatrical culture. This study is designed to shed light on the history of Thai translations of Shakespeare and also to provide an analysis of the translation strategies adopted by early Thai translators to domesticate Shakespeare into the Thai context. So the thesis examines the process of text appropriation and domestication adopted by Thai translators and theatre practitioners to make Shakespeare accessible to Thai readers and popular audiences. The use of Shakespeare’s plots and allusions to Shakespeare’s plays in contemporary Thai television soap operas is also another main focus of the study. This study also suggests that the domestication process applied to Shakespeare both in translation and in staging is influenced by the changes in the social, political and aesthetic contexts of each different period; furthermore, the process of domestication obviously becomes less problematic the further the country moves towards westernization.

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Hadjipetri, Sofia. "Koloniseringen av Thailand : En postkolonial studie om svenska backpackers i Thailand." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Gender, Culture and History, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1492.

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Det är en betydande andel svenska resenärer som idag reser till och runt i Thailand som ”backpackers”. Mitt syfte är att ta reda på om den svenska backpackerdominansen i Thailand skulle kunna betecknas som en kolonisering. Material och metod består av intervjuer och deltagande observation med sju informanter, samt fältundersökningar som bedrivits i Thailand. Slutresultatet tolkas med hjälp av den postkoloniala teoribildningen. Frågeställningarna koncentreras kring interaktionen mellan svenska backpackers och lokala subjekt, återvändandets betydelse, samt om en modern kolonisering i enlighet med Victor Mudimbes terminologi kan appliceras. Jag kommer fram till att svenska backpackers i Thailand visar tendenser och tillämpningar som tyder på en modern kolonisering av platserna de befinner sig på.

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Matthews, Warren E. "Civil-military relations in Thailand : military autonomy or civilian control? /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FMatthews.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005.
Thesis Advisor(s): Aurel Croissant, Brian Swanland. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-88). Also available online.

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Volkmann, Rabea. "Der lange Weg zur Demokratie : die politische Entwicklung Thailands und Indonesiens im Vergleich /." Hamburg : Diplomica Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/985030151/04.

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Pō̜mphet, Thīrawat Na. "A political history of Siam under the Prasatthong dynasty, 1629-1688." Online version, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.296262.

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Chrobot, Stefan. "Bedingungen internationaler Gewerkschaftskooperation in Thailand das Verbindende und Trennende zwischen den Kulturen /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2001. http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/disse/343/Disse.pdf.

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Thongtan, Sirichada. "The Thailand, Myanmar and ASEAN triangle : restructuring Thailand's foreign policy towards Myanmar." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427049.

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Trakulhun, Sven. "Siam und Europa : das Königreich Ayutthaya in westlichen Berichten 1500-1670." Hannover-Laatzen Wehrhahn, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2769567&prov=M&dokv̲ar=1&doke̲xt=htm.

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Lindberg, Karin, and Anna Nordlander. "Housing projekt Pattaya Thailand." Thesis, Jönköping University, School of Engineering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-615.

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This report will examine the problems and possibilities of building a luxurious modern residence in Pattaya, Thailand, incorporating the old traditional building styles of the wooden houses to an ecological house with a low demand for technology.

The client, B. Grimm Group, has recently set up a polo club in the vicinity of Pattaya and has requested a complete set of layouts regarding a planned housing area on the premises. The project includes a structure plan of the village area, perspectives, facades, building layouts and axonometric views of all house types, as well as garden plans. The written report works as a complement to the designs and explains the background to the final proposal.

The report also handles the building technology and construction process of building a traditional Thai house and briefly investigates the ecological aspects of building in Thailand.

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Dittrich, Denise. "Thailand in der Dauerkrise." Universität Potsdam, 2009. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3268/.

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Mit dem erzwungenen Abbruch des ASEAN-Gipfels im April 2009 erreichte der politische Machtkampf in Thailand einen neuen Höhepunkt. Trotz des Rückzuges der Aufständischen ist kein Ende des Konflikts abzusehen. Die erhoffte politische Ruhe mit der Wahl Abhisit Vejjajivas zum neuen thailändischen Regierungschef hat sich in dem tief gespaltenen Land nicht eingestellt.

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Klongpanich, Wiwat. "Longan drying in Thailand." Thesis, University of Reading, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280651.

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Hummer, Kristi L. "Wife abuse in Thailand." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41947.

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The objective of this study is to assess the effects of several variables, identified by research on Western, industrialized countries, on the occurrence of wife abuse in a developing Asian society, Thailand. The following variables are organized in two path analysis models: social isolation of the wife, socio-economic status, duration of the marriage, number of children, wife's employment status, husband's level of stress, severity of his drinking problem, and marital conflict. Two separate measures of socioeconomic status are tested, one using traditional items--income, occupational prestige, and education, and another measure incorporating several possessions, such as automobiles, appliances, and entertainment items.

While the bivariate analysis showed little correlation among the independent variables and wife abuse, the intervening variables--stress, drinking, and marital conflict--were highly related. The results of the multiple regression and path analyses revealed that marital conflict had the strongest effect and was the best predictor of wife abuse. Stress and drinking also had a significant effect on wife abuse. While number of children, years married, social isolation of the wife, and her employment status appeared to have little impact on wife abuse, socio-economic status (both measures) is consistently related with wife abuse, and with all the intervening variables. The combination of the variables in the models explain approximately 15% to 20% of the variance in wife abuse in Thailand.
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Cox, Christopher A. "To Thailand, With Ronald." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1509386309137657.

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Pandey, Noopur. "Circular migration in Thailand." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08042009-040442/.

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Salaladyanant, Tasana. "Digital libraries in Thailand." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105288.

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Intarachote, Thida. "Financial liberalisation in Thailand." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/financial-liberalisation-in-thailand(a9cafc30-bd1a-4046-8642-c0f38cdbaa84).html.

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Financial liberalisation is the process of financial development that reduces the extent of government control over the financial industry. It is argued that a liberalised financial system is a fundamental prerequisite for more efficient allocation of savings and investment, which in turn leads to greater economic growth. Financial liberalisation includes the freeing up of interest rate controls, exchange and capital controls, entry of foreign banks, and the deregulation of banking sector. The latter process, which comprises the deregulation of bank structure and conduct rules and the concomitant reregulation of bank prudential supervision, is generally targetted to improve the efficiency and productivity of banks. On the other hand, financial liberalisation and basic deregulation have also (been) precursors to many banking and financial crises. This study examines the effects of deregulation on the Thai banking sector during 1990- 97 using a two-stage approach. In the first-stage analysis, the relative efficiencies and productivity of each bank in each year are measured using DEA techniques. In the second-stage, regression techniques are used to evaluate the impact of financial deregulation on efficiency and productivity, controlling for bank-specific attributes. The main findings regarding bank efficiency are that on average banks operating in Thailand hardly improved their technical, allocative and cost efficiencies, except in 1996 and 1997. Most banks were better at optimising their input mix than minimising their usage and costs of inputs. There was a clear association between size and cost efficiency for the domestic Thai banks, and on average their cost efficiencies were greater than those of the foreign bank branches, all other things being equal. However, the majority of the banks on the best-practice efficient frontier were foreign, and the smallest Thai banks were the least efficient of all the banks studied. The average productivity of foreign banks increased over the period studied, and this was mainly due to outward shifts of the production frontier each year (technological progress) rather than improvements in relative efficiency. The average productivity of domestic banks did not change over time, as technological progress was offset by moves away from the best-practice frontier. Overall, the evidence for the postulated beneficial effects of deregulation is somewhat mixed. Improvements in total factor productivity were driven by the huge expansion in lending made possible by the liberalisation, but these increases in productivity were mainly achieved by the foreign bank branches whose operations were supported by substantial amounts of financial capital from their parents. Productive efficiency of the domestic banks did improve over the period of study, but these improvements were greatest for the large and medium size banks, thus widening the gap between the most inefficient group of small Thai banks and the rest of the banking sector.

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Dīwongsā, Khomkham. "Botbāt khō̜ng talāt nai Mư̄ang Phra Nakhō̜n Sī ʻAyutthayā tō̜ kānkhā phāinai læ phāinō̜k, Phō̜. Sō̜. 2173-2310." Google Book Search Library Project, 1988. http://books.google.com/books?id=vINXAAAAMAAJ.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Chulalongkorn University, 1988.
In Thai; abstract also in English. Added t.p.: The role of Ayutthaya's market places in internal and external trade, 1630-1767. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [144]-160). Also issued in print.

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Zyto, Julia. ""Thailand, here I come" : En kritisk diskursanalys över svenskars förhållande till resmålet Thailand." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-12445.

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Den globala turismnäringen har kommit att bli en av världens mest lukrativa branscher. Hundratusentals svenskar turistar i Thailand varje år. Vad representerar Thailand i turistens ögon? Hur ser turisten på sig själv i förhållande till det han/hon möter och hur förhåller sig turisten till det lokala och globala? Uppsatsen utgår från en kritisk hållning till fenomenet turism. Teorier om Postkolonialism och Orientalism samt kritisk turismforskning blir därmed centrala i förståelsen av det undersökta materialet. Materialet som studeras i uppsatsen innefattas av resdagboksinlägg från hemsidan Resdagboken.se. Som metod används den kritiska diskursanalysen.

Materialet visar på vissa specifika teman; ”Det trygga äventyret”, ”Att inte vara som alla andra turister”, ”Sol, bad konsumtion och lättja”, ”Erotik”, samt ”Tilltalet till dem där hemma”. Genom belysandet av turismens bakomliggande strukturer och hur man genom det skrivna ordet uttrycker föreställningar om andra och sig själv, försöker författaren till uppsatsen bredda förståelsen för turismen som global företeelse.

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Mēktrairat, Nakharin. "A cultural explanation of the 1932 political change in Siam : power of narration and national identity in Thai politics /." Electronic version of summary Electronic version of examination, 2004. http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/gakui/gaiyo/3857.pdf.

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Tonsiengsom, Surangsri. "Western knowledge and intellectual groups in Japan and Thailand in the nineteenth century : the Meirokusha and Young Siam /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10368.

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Fung, Wai-ming Terry. "Military professionalization and intervention in Thailand and Burma 1945-1980." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13493814.

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Öijerstedt, Angelica. "Sverige - Thailand; Tur & Retur : En kvalitativ undersökning av en svensk skola i Thailand." Thesis, Jönköping University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-11629.

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Syftet med föreliggande studie är att studera en svensk skola utomlands och dess mellanstadielevers och lärares upplevelser av den thailändska religionen. Uppsatsens frågeställningar:

· Hur upplever eleverna att de påverkas av att gå i en svensk skola utomlands?

· Hur beskriver lärarna att de arbetar med undervisningen i religion på en svensk skola utomlands?

· Hur upplever eleverna den thailändska religionen i skolan? Finns det några likheter eller skillnader, enligt lärare och elever, med svenska skolan hemma, när det gäller religionsundervisningen?

Resultatet av undersökningen visade att eleverna uppskattade den lärarledda tiden som de tyckte var möjlig i större utsträckning på skolan utomlands. Undersökningen visade även att lärarna upplevde att det fanns många likheter med religionsundervisningen i Sverige såsom kursplaner och ämnets innehåll medan de ansåg däremot att det som skiljde dem åt var möjligheten till mycket mer studiebesök och möjlighet till lärarledd tid på skolan i Thailand. Eleverna upplevde buddhismen på olika vis och med olika djup kunskap beroende på hur länge de varit på plats i Thailand.

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Gamonrati, Waraporn. "Micro credit in rural Thailand : the role of credit in rural dvelopment in Thailand?" Thesis, University of Bath, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425868.

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This thesis examines the role of micro credit services in two villages in Phitsanulok province in rural lower northern Thailand. The study explores access to different forms of micro credit and how it differs from the traditional perception of rural credit in Thailand, as loans used by rural farmers with land titles as collateral. The Royal Thai Government is strongly encouraging all credit institutions to increase lending to low-income households. There are a variety of micro credit services and sufficient resources to finance a very significant increase in loans to rural households. There are substantial funds available through the departments, organisations and institutions reviewed in this study. However, at a micro-level, it still seemed that loans are going to wealthier households with collateral. The greater amount of credit is allocated to the better off households and the poor are excluded from almost all sources of informal and formal credit sources. The thesis points out that BAAC and GSB have a strong capital base. However, these bank has a comprehensive network at the district level, but its operation is not as close to peasants as sajja oomsap, or PDA. These organisations only have the constraint of small working capital. The two types of organisation may operate in conjunction with each other, BAAC or GSB may become the credit wholesales with sajja oomsap and Credit NGOs acting as retailer at village level.

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Youkongpun, Pisapat. "The Role of Community-based Media in Strengthening, Preserving and Promoting Identity and Culture: A Case Study of Eastern Thailand." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365572.

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This thesis analyses the role of community-based media in the Riverside community, an old and scenic location in Chanthaburi, Eastern Thailand. After being razed by conflagration and flood, the community has been regenerated by promoting itself as a cultural tourism destination. This community has started to produce its own media, and to use a wide range of media to promote itself to the nation. This study aims to test the various nuances to Habermas’s (1989) concept of the single public sphere represented by the dominant mass media. While the mainstream media act decisively in dealing with issues relating to subordinated groups in every part of the world, community-based media are already deeply implicated in representing the multiple public spheres, which are more preferable in a community environment. Community media are community resources to disseminate highly local community matters and interests. One hundred face-to-face survey participants from a community of one hundred households provide a distinctive research result which thoroughly represents the Riverside community residents and their thoughts on community-based media in their community. By exploring the role of locally produced community media, this study explains the roles the media play in community identity reinforcement, identity promotion, and also community transformation in the Thai public sphere.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science
Arts, Education and Law
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Israsena, Vasinee. "Thai Teachers' Beliefs about Learner-Centered Education: Implications for Success For Life Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3959/.

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The Thai government has strongly advocated for the learner-centered education for the past decade. Success For Life Thailand (SFLT), a brain-research-based early childhood education program blended with the theories of the developmentally appropriate practices and child-centered philosophies, has been implemented in Thailand for over 8 years. The purposes of the present study were to: (a) describe the current statuses of the Thai early childhood educators' learner-centered beliefs and practices, (b) identify if the SFLT training workshop affects teachers' learner-centered beliefs and practices, and (c) examine if other variables, along with familiarity with the SFLT program, predict teachers' learner-centered beliefs and practices. Ninety-three preschool and kindergarten teachers participated in the study. Among them, 17 were SFLT trainees in 1999 and 2000 (i.e., the previously trained group), 43 were trained in Year 2006 (the currently trained group), and the others were comparable to the currently trained group by matching the key personal and school variables. The Teachers Beliefs and Practices Survey: 3-5 Year Olds (Burts et al., 2000) and the Learner-Centered Education: the Assessment of Learner- Centered (ALCP) for K-3 (McCombs, 2001) were used to collect data on the various domains of the learner-centered beliefs and practices. Findings reveal that: (a) Thai teachers highly endorse learner-centered beliefs, (b) Thai educators demonstrate relatively low levels of developmentally appropriate practices and high levels of developmentally inappropriate practices (DIP) in comparing with the American early childhood educators, (c) the previously trained SFLT teachers score higher on the DAP domains and lower on the DIP domains than the other two groups, and (d) familiarity with the SFLT program, along with teacher's education level, years of teaching experience, and the total number of students in the classroom do not predict variations on the different domains of the DAP and learner-centered learning questionnaires. Future studies need to use indigenous measurement instruments appropriate to Thai education to evaluate the impacts of the SLFT program on teachers' learner-centered beliefs and practices when more trainees become available, and possibly to include other teacher, student, and school variables.

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Wiriyaromp, Warrachai, and n/a. "The neolithic period in Thailand." University of Otago. Department of Anthropology, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080904.111233.

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There are two principal models that purport to interpret the evidence for the origins of the Neolithic period in Thailand. Both stress the importance of rice cultivation and the domestication of a range of animals. One incorporates archaeological and linguistic evidence in identifying the origins as the result of the diffusion of farming communities into Southeast Asia and India from a source in the Yangtze River valley. The alternative stresses a local evolutionary pathway whereby indigenous hunter-gatherers began to cultivate rice within Thailand. This dissertation is centred on the results of the excavation of Ban Non Wat, in the Upper Mun Valley of Northeast Thailand. This has provided one of the largest, best dated and provenanced samples of occupation and mortuary remains of a Neolithic community so far available in Southeast Asia. Its principal objective is to define the motifs incised, impressed and painted onto the surface of ceramic mortuary vessels, in order to permit a comparison with other assemblages first in Thailand, then in Southeast Asia north into China. It is held that if there are close parallels over a wide geographic area, in these motifs, then it would support a model of diffusion. If there are not, then the alternative of local origins would need to be examined closely. It is argued that the similarity in motifs, particularly a stylised human figure, between Thai and Vietnamese sites lends support to a common origin for these groups. The motifs are not so obvious when examining the southern Chinese data, although the mode of decoration by painting, incising and impressing recur there. This, in conjunction with mortuary rituals, weaving technology, the domestic dog, and the linguistic evidence, sustains a model for demic diffusion. However, the presence of ceramic vessels also decorated with impressed/incised techniques in maritime hunter-gatherer contexts stresses that the actual Neolithic settlement may have been more complex.

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Waiyasusri, Pharuhat, and n/a. "Privatization and development in Thailand." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.172544.

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This research essay is intended to examine the link between privatization and development in Thailand . It found that privatization in Thailand can come in many forms. The government has tried to bring the private sector to participate in infrastructural development to help relieve the government's financial burdens. But it appeared that privatization still has a small role in national development through infrastructural development This is because the government does not have a clear policy to define the role of the private sector and the public sector in this issue. In addition , Thailand's experience in bringing the private sector to participate in infrastructural development through the methods such as BTO(build-transfer-operate) and BOT(build-operate-transfer) has caused many problems which have had an adverse effect on many projects. The paper found that the state still retains its role as the developmental state . This can be seen from the fact that the state has no intention to divest state enterprises which it considers as important. Furthermore, state enterprises will continue to play a major role in national development . However, the trend of state enterprises in Thailand will move towards corporatization and commercialization in which more state enterprises will change their status to state-owned companies and focus on commercialization with a view to increasing their efficiency through competition with the private sector.

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Vuthicholthee, Nattaphan. "Stock market winners : Thailand evidence." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq40205.pdf.

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Buddhavibul, Pati. "Bank lending in contemporary Thailand." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=128215.

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The nature of the Thai banking system in the pre-crisis era has been of great interest in the aftermath of Thailand’s 1997 financial crisis. Scores of studies have put great emphasis on the factors contributing to the crisis. There has been scant prior research on how Thai banks operate in practice since the crisis and the researcher was interested in better understanding this, particularly how the banks deal with information-related problems. The main objective of the research is to give an insight into the actions that Thai bankers carry out and how their activities are perceived by corporate borrowers, auditors, regulators and the bankers themselves. In dealing with informational problems, Thai banks employ screening techniques, collateral requirements, loan covenants, monitoring, and their relationships with borrowers in an attempt to mitigate the costs of both adverse selection and moral hazard problems. The study finds that there have been significant improvements in the banking system which has made Thai banks more compliant with internationally accepted lending practice. However, there is still room for further studies on how to create incentives to improve financial disclosure among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), how to establish sound corporate governance of banks, and how to minimise political interference in Thai state-owned banks.

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Bennett, Anna. "Copper metallurgy in central Thailand." Thesis, University of London, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338123.

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Changthavorn, Tanit. "Plant variety protection in Thailand." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1998. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/25567.

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The Government of Thailand decided recently to introduce a legal system for the protection of plant variety right (PVR) in order to meet its commitment under the TRIPs agreement (part of the WTO agreement) to protect new varieties of plants. Having taken this significant decision - although in reality the decision was probably little more than a formality because of the TRIPs commitment - the government must assess the likely impact of PVR on public and private interests in Thailand and, in the light of that assessment, construct a PVR system suited to the country's particular needs (so far as these can be envisaged). The likely impact of the government's decision and the choice to be made constitute the backbone of this thesis as well as its prime focus. A PVR system is intended primarily to promote invention and innovation in the field of plant breeding. Whether the availability of PVR in Thailand will achieve those objectives cannot be said at this point. Studies carried out in countries with mature PVR systems claim, despite the lack of any solid evidence on which to found the claims, that PVR systems have certain positive or beneficial effects, for example more varieties giving higher yields and better adapted to growing conditions. On the other hand, some commentators believe that these benefits result from other factors, in particular technological advances (for example, improvements in cultivation and management of commercial crops). This thesis concludes that the availability or grant of PVR in Thailand will not have any radical impact on public and private interests there. At present, plant breeding and seed production are carried out by public and private sectors. Available data on seed production and consumption indicate the need for more investment in plant breeding and seed production, particularly in the private sector. A PVR system is unlikely to encourage breeders or producers to invest more because the availability of PVR is not a vital determinant in investment decisions. Fortunately. as far as can be seen at present, a PVR system is unlikely to have negative effects, e. g. seed price rises, obstacles to technological development or environmental dangers. In considering the most appropriate system, the major factors to be assessed are economic impact, existing political commitment, and practicality. The government should adopt the system established by the 1978 UPOV Convention, in preference to the 1991 Convention, because the earlier Convention is the more appropriate for Thailand's developmental needs.

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Tauson, Michaelle Marie. "Seeking asylum in Bangkok, Thailand." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/66361/.

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Keeratiwiriyaporn, Sansanee. "An energy model for Thailand." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/12339.

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An increase in difficulty both in supplying sufficient energy to meet demand and in providing adequate capital for investment in the power industry has prompted the Thai government to put intensive effort into focusing Thailand's national energy policy on increasing production capacity of local energy while stabilising growth in energy demand. A number of energy policy programmes aiming to serve this effort has been proposed and some have been implemented. Certainly, these policy measures would affect, to some extent, the balance of energy demand and supply in Thailand. However, due both to the long delay and to the complexity underlying dynamic behaviour of the energy system, it is necessary to understand such policy options and investigate their long-term effectiveness before implementation. This is a resource- and time-consuming process and frequently could delay decisions and actions. With the advent of personal computers and graphical programming, a policy-based model of a complex system can be formulated to explore dynamic consequences of such a system. This model can also be tested under different policies and conditions, to ultimately provide information on which to make decisions. This thesis analyses the dynamic behaviour of Thailand's energy system. The insight obtained from the analysis is then used to develop a computer simulation model "TEEM" proposed to be used as a tool to assess the long-term effectiveness of alternative energy policy measures. In this model, causal structure and feedback control mechanisms are identified in the context of the interrelationships between components of energy and other related sectors i.e. population and production sectors in the Thai economy. Based on such causal mechanisms, the model successfully generated output that is able to be viewed as benchmarks, providing a means for assessing long-term consequences of current energy policies and thus testing possible policy alternatives.

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Kunpalin, Angkana. "Foreign direct investment in Thailand." Thesis, Middlesex University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568369.

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This study of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand fills a gap since no such studies exist for Thailand. After an introduction to Thailand's economy, the thesis presents a brief survey of the theories of FDI with reference to the less-developed countries. It is followed by a study of the country-wise and sector-wise pattern of FDI in Thailand. The next two chapters carry out empirical tests of the capital-intensity hypothesis and the raw-material availability hypothesis respectively. Both the hypotheses are found to be statistically acceptable in the case of Thailand. This is followed by a simple test of the tariff-jumping hypothesis which does not explain FDI in Thailand. This should be viewed with caution as only nominal rates (as opposed to effective rates of protection) are used. Then, a test of a joint hypothesis (capital intensity, raw-material availability, and tariff rates) confirms the relative prominence of the capital- intensity hypothesis. The relative wage-cost hypothesis (i.e., Thai wage-rates relative to the Japanese and West German wage-rates) is found to be statistically unacceptable in the case of Thailand. lastly, welfare effects of FDI are examined. A brief survey of the literature and a critical appraisal have been presented. So far as Thailand is concerned, the general weight of the various arguments leans to the conclusion that foreign direct investments have ameliorative effects. This conclusion is based on (i) an analytical examination of the welfare implications of Thailand's over-all pattern of FDI, (ii) a statistical analysis of the macroeconomic effects, (iii) an analysis of the environmental issues by examining the chemical properties of the products produced by foreign firms in the Chemical Sector, and (iv) a study of the desired pattern of investment in the Thai economy as envisaged in the Five Year Plans and the ex post sectoral pattern of FDI.

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Chairat, Daraporn. "Systematic conservation planning in Thailand." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2015. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/22561/.

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Thailand supports a variety of tropical ecosystems and biodiversity. The country has approximately 12,050 species of plants, which account for 8% of estimated plant species found globally. However, the forest cover of Thailand is under threats: habitat degradation, illegal logging, shifting cultivation and human settlement are the main causes of the reduction in forest area. As a result, rates of biodiversity loss have been high for some decades. The most effective tool to conserve biodiversity is the designation of protected areas (PA). The effective and most scientifically robust approach for designing networks of reserve systems is systematic conservation planning, which is designed to identify conservation priorities on the basis of analysing spatial patterns in species distributions and associated threats. The designation of PAs of Thailand were initially based on expert consultations selecting the areas that are suitable for conserving forest resources, not systematically selected. Consequently, the PA management was based on individual management plans for each PA. The previous work has also identified that no previous attempt has been made to apply the principles and methods of systematic conservation planning. Additionally, tree species have been neglected in previous analyses of the coverage of PAs in Thailand. These indicate the importance of this research. This research deals with the identification of complementary areas to the PA network in Thailand, specifically to support the conservation of tree species. This work also contributes to the improvement of conservation planning and PA network design in Thailand using the application of systematic conservation planning techniques. The research focused specifically on 783 target tree species, belonging to 92 families in Thailand, consisting of four groups of tree species that are respectively threatened with extinction, dominate the different forest types in Thailand, are of particular economic importance, and are important to in situ genetic conservation. A GIS-based multi-criteria analysis (MCA) approach was used to support systematic conservation planning. ILWIS, a GIS support software was used to identify priority conservation areas in this research. With currently data available, the crucial finding from this research is that the priority areas that should be considered for establishment of new PAs, or to expand existing PAs comprise: (1) areas next to current PAs in the Southern region and (2) areas near to Cambodia in Trat province in the Eastern region, areas near to PAs on Ko Chang and Ko Kut islands in the Gulf of Thailand. It also confirmed that the systematic conservation planning approach should be introduced to PA managers or planners. This should be possible because it is transparent and beneficial, and utilizes user-friendly spatial software to generate spatial data and easy to understand output maps.

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Karnchanachari, Karnitha. "Commercial book publishing in Thailand." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1990. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7040.

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The present study involves the gathering of data and information on book publishing in Thailand and an attempt to systematically develop a data base on the book publishing industry. The research gives emphasis to the private sector which has recently been encouraged by the government to play a leading role in national development. Critical analysis of the findings serves as a basis for recommendations to promote and develop commercial book publishing. Almost all commercial book publishers in Thailand are based in the capital city of Bangkok. Regardless of the seemingly continuing emergence and disappearance of publishing houses, the number of publishers have been steadily increasing through the years. The newly established enterprises tend to be non-family business and could successfully compete in the market, gradually catching up with the older establishments. Most publishers are faced with problems relating to manuscripts, either quantitatively or qualitatively or both. The current general business practice is informal having no written agreement between publisher and author. It is an exception rather than a rule that books are edited by professional editors. Distribution remains a major issue in the development of the publishing industry. Consequently, publishers tend to carry out their own distribution as soon as it becomes economically feasible. It is noted that Thai women are active in book publishing with the average rate of female employment among the majority of publishers under study being slightly more than half of the total employment. Statistics on book production during the past two decades show an overall increase of more than 600 percent. Commercial publishers play an important role in the book publishing industry with commercial book production accounting for half or more of the total number of titles published, gradually increasing from slightly over 50 percent in 1981 to over 70 percent in 1986. The annual trade value is over 3,000 million bahts (US$ 124 million), with no less than 20,000 titles in circulation. The survey indicates average spending on books is less than 1 percent of earning. There appears to be a significant correlation between the GNP per capita and book production. The study reveals that in 1986 there was one book for every 2 to 3 people compared to one book for every 4 to 5 in 1977. The publishing industry has been serving mainly the local market and, as such, is significantly affected by government policy and planning. The National Library of Thailand and the Book Development Centre are the two major national organizations promoting book development in addition to the relevant professional associations. In anticipation of increasing potential market for commercial book, certain major recommendations are proposed to further develop the book publishing industry. These include: 1) Strengthening of the national machinery and professional organizations. 2) Systematic collection and publication of national statistics on book production. 3) Promotion of professional editorial in book publishing.

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Marouf, Tara. "Södra Thailands gränskonflikt : En fallstudie om den långvariga konflikten i södra Thailand och dess förutsättningar för fred." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-67673.

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For years there has been an ongoing conflict, geographically concerning the southern parts of Thailand. The Malay-Muslim inhabitants of the area state that they do not fully belong to Buddhist Thailand and therefore require independence in various forms. Along with the Muslims, the Buddhist inhabitants of the area also suffer from daily violence and killings. The counteractions over the years seems to have resulted in chaotic conditions where civilians die regularly. After many years of violence, this complex situation has not successfully been ended and is still current. This case study will examine the requisites for peace in southern Thailand. The conflict has been studied through a conflict management perspective, thereof the choice of theory; Svante Karlsson’s conflict management theory. The conflict has been described, discussed and applied to the chosen theory. Results presented in this study shows that it is possible to achieve peace in the southern provinces of Thailand, however cooperation between the parts is necessary. A combination of several conflict management methods by Svante Karlsson can possibly result in peace in southern Thailand.

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Shabab, Chowdhury Rashaad. "Risk and inequality in rural Thailand." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/71082/.

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The first chapter of this thesis provides an introduction to the issues that will be covered in the remaining chapters, reviews the relevant literature on risk and insurance, and provides an overview of the data on rural Thailand that I will be using. The second chapter investigates the extent to which households at different parts of the income distribution among these Thai households differ in the extent to which their income streams are affected by droughts. I find that the income streams of relatively rich households are better insured than their poorer counterparts. I am able to empirically link the better insurance possibilities enjoyed by richer households to observable characteristics such as the education level of the head of household, the type of contract the head is likely to be employed in, and the relative youth of the heads of richer households. The third chapter demonstrates that income inequality among these households is declining, both over the duration of the panel, and over the lifecycles of the heads of these households. I show that this decline cannot be explained by standard lifecycle considerations. Rather, I find that remittances from the adult children of the heads of household account for the entirety of the reduction in income inequality over the lifecycles of the heads of household. Chapter 4 models the probability with which a household receives remittances (the ‘extensive margin') and the share of remittances in household income (the ‘intensive margin') as functions of observable household characteristics. Using these models, I construct counterfactual distributions of income which permit me to identify the extent to which the extensive and intensive margins of remittance receipts account for the reduction in inequality that these models are able to explain. Chapter 5 concludes.

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Thomas, Virginia. "Obstacles to development in a 'bureaucratic polity' : a case study of the Northeast Fisheries Project." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61035.

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The following is a case study of the Northeast Fisheries Project, in Northeast Thailand, carried out jointly by the Canadian International Development Agency, its implementing agency and the Thai Department of Fisheries from 1986 to 1990. The formulation and events surrounding the project will be reviewed, with special emphasis on an experimental extension program which was pivotal to the project's success. Overall, the project did not succeed in meeting its objectives, and the purpose of this study is to examine the role of Thai values, social structure and bureaucracy, in contributing to this failure. Specifically, we will consider Thailand as a 'bureaucratic polity', the history and dynamics of patron-client relationships, and how these factors interact in the context of development projects and programs.

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Surintaraseree, Pimjai. "Doing more with less : impacts of non-farm employment on rice production in Northeastern Thailand." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40449.

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A field survey was conducted in eight villages in Northeastern Thailand to examine the impact of non-farm employment on rice production during the 1994-95 crop year. This study uses the human ecology approach based on the conceptual framework of Duncan's (1959) ecological complex. This study found that participation in non-farm employment directly affects whether the household will produce rice, but its impacts vary according to the extent of participation. Full-time employment, particularly with the yearlong absence of the male head of household, appears to inhibit rice production because it has the potential to cause a critical farm labor shortage. Part-time employment creates opportunities for farmers to integrate both farm and non-farm production to sustain their households. Women and elders have become the principal labor source for their own farms and waged labor for others. The traditional pattern of exchange labor can hardly be practiced when the demand for hired labor exceeds the supply. Waged laborers receive the same pay regardless of age and gender, and employers have no control over the wage rate. The use of machines is increasing. The supply of threshers exceeds demand, but there is a shortage of power-tillers.
However, non-farm employment does not lead to increased levels of farm investment as hypothesized, because a large proportion of waged income was used for other purposes, including daily consumption and debt repayment. Consequently, there is no significant difference in farm productivity (kg. of paddy/unit area) between households with and without participation in non-farm employment. Out-migration to participate in non-farm employment seems inevitable in the face of population growth and land scarcity, but its impacts on rice production vary according to how farmers adapt to the changing resource base and use of modern farm technology. If possible, farmers tend to continue farm and non-farm employment to distribute their risks. However, it is crucial to retain a balance between the types of employment so that the loss of labor does not lead to poor farm productivity nor to production costs that exceed the farm household's means.

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Yamamoto, Satoshi. "A cultivation analysis of Thai student U.S. television viewing and their perception of Thai traditional culture." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1355260.

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The world is flooded with American media products, especially television programs. This study examined how American television viewing affects Thai college students' perception of Thai traditional culture, and how Thai television viewing affects their perception of it.Two hundred sixty-one Thai college students were given a survey in three communication classes at Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand during June/July, 2006. Results were analyzed by means of ANOVA with accompanying Scheffe test. The hypotheses were rejected. Hypothesis one stated American television viewing affects Thai collage students' perception of Thai traditional culture negatively. Hypothesis two stated Thai television viewing affects Thai college students' perception of Thai traditional culture positively.
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Praditsuwan, Nattaya. "Family holiday decision making in Thailand : projecting preference and influence." UWA Business School, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0044.

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One major policy of the Tourism Authority of Thailand is to promote domestic tourism. In Thailand, the family is considered to be the main social group, and as such is the main target for domestic tourism marketers. However, relatively little is known about family decision making, especially in Thailand. This thesis addresses this gap in knowledge by employing a two-staged conjoint study to examine the preferences and the influence of family members in a destination choice decision. At the first stage (an in-home interview), family members were asked to provide their holiday destination preferences and their estimation of the other family members' preferences. At the second stage (an in-home interview two weeks later), they are asked to provide their estimation of the joint family preferences, after being provided with a table listing the individual family members' preferences. Finally, they were asked to make the holiday destination decision as a family. This design allowed three thesis aims to be addressed: 1) to examine individual family members and the family group preferences; 2) to examine the ability of family members to predict other family members' preferences and their influence on the family decision; and 3) to examine family members actual influence of family members on the family decision. The findings revealed considerable similarities in the importance of attributes, with price and destination being more important, as well as the levels, with the majority preferring a lower rather than higher price and a beach rather than mountain destination. Further, there was reasonable accuracy in the prediction of each others' preferences, although parents were more accurate than children. However, there was a considerable amount of inaccuracy in the prediction of each others' influence. Family members systematically overestimated their own influence, and underestimated the influence of other family members.

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Winichakul, Thongchai. "Siam mapped : a history of the geo-body of Siam." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26017.

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Nationhood or a nation is a powerful denomination for modern human beings. In the case of Siam, the hegemony over the interpretation of Thainess is also crucial for power relations in the society. This study aims at examining how an identification of nationhood was formulated, through various moments of confrontation and displacement of discourses. Even the most concrete identification of Siam, such as its territory and related values and practices, all of which I term the "geo-body", was discursively created in the nineteenth century.

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Montrivat, Areeratana. "Explaining structural changes in the Thai economy : implications for agriculture." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/123099.

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Industrialization in Thailand has led to a rapid growth of the manufacturing sector, relative to other sectors. The overall growth rate of the economy during the last 25 years has been impressively high, and substantial structural changes have taken place. However the traditional agricultural sector has been affected adversely by the growth process. This study examines some of the economic factors that have contributed to the past growth of the Thai economy and attempts to analyse, in a general equilibrium approach, the impact of exogenous shocks on the agricultural sector. Expansion of cultivable land in the past assisted the crop diversification program and in the expansion of agricultural production. The rapid growth of the manufacturing sector has tended to cause some upward pressure on real wages and attracted labour from agriculture. The price policy pursued by the government has had an urban bias and discriminated against agriculture while the manufacturing sector received assistance from the industrial protection policy. The recent deterioration in the terms of trade, together with the fixed exchange rate policy, has tended to enhance the adverse effects on the agricultural sector. The findings of this study supports the view that a policy change towards trade liberalization should lead to more efficient use of resources in the economy and benefit agriculture. It should be noted, however, that the model used in the analysis does not incorporate unemployment and technological change and the impact of a change in the terms of trade is only partially analysed. Despite the limitations of this model, the results indicate the potential of this type of modelling exercise.

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Maneepong, Chuthatip School of the Built Environment UNSW. "Dynamics of industrial development in border towns : case studies of Thailand." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of the Built Environment, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/19262.

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This thesis examines the dynamics of industrial development in the areas where Thailand borders with neighbouring countries. It argues that the locational advantages approach 'one that focuses on social and economic connections in border towns, government investments, policy measures and the role of export-oriented multinational companies' is not necessarily an appropriate approach. An investigation is conducted to find out to what extent the locational advantages approach applies to Thai border towns. An assessment of the government role in promoting and managing industrial development has also been undertaken to identify the success of this industrial decentralisation scheme. Other factors that contribute to industrial development are also examined. The thesis uses a comparative case study approach, comparing sponsored and non-sponsored towns, and presents four case studies of border towns in Thailand, bordering Myanmar and Laos. This research method provides a better assessment than an internal assessment of government programmes would. The results show that the dynamics of industrial development in Thai border towns is better explained by the production network approach emphasising the embeddedness of small and medium sized local manufacturing industries. The entrepreneurship and social networks of entrepreneurs promote the emergence and growth of industrial development. Horizontal industrial relationships promote flexible operations and compensate for limited access and resources in border towns. In addition, a border location does not by itself stimulate economic link with the neighbouring country because negative perception and regulatory barriers to the crossing of borders hinder mutual cooperation. Due to the discrepancy between government assumptions programmes and the dynamics of industrial development, the survey shows that the impacts of government investments on industrial development are marginal. The thesis concludes that the applicability of the locational advantages approach for industrial development in Thai border towns is limited and that the policy of the government and international agencies should be diverse and should consider other approaches such as a production network approach. Similarly, government programmes should accommodate the needs of small and medium sized manufacturing industries. The role of local government and the private sectors in minimising barriers to the crossing of borders should also be considered.

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Shinasharkey, Taminee. "A survey of the attitudes of students in Thailand towards technology-based distance education." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1302162.

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the factors that students considered important in taking distance learning and attitudes of students toward the technology-based distance learning in Thailand. The three main attitude components that were examined in this study were affective, behavioral, and cognitive. The additional components: usefulness, quality, and interaction of technology used in distance learning in Thailand were also examined in this study.Participants of this study were students at Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand. The questionnaires were used as survey instruments. The questionnaires were distributed by email and paper. Students could complete the questionnaire either by web or by paper. The questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate students around Thailand by staffs of Ramkhamhaeng University. Valid survey responses were received from 307 students; 148 males and 159 females. Based on the analysis of the qualified data, the sample mean scores were significantly higher than the hypothesized mean scores. Students were considered to have positive attitudes toward affective component, behavioral component, and cognitive component. Students also had positive attitudes towards the usefulness, interaction, and quality of technology used in technology-based distance learning in Thailand.The most important factor that students considered in taking distance learning was their work requirements. By gender, male students considered earning more money or getting promoted as their important factor. Female students considered work requirements as their important factor.Students considered most technologies in this study to be useful. However, some students have not had experience with some technologies that they believed were useful. Therefore, institutes and instructors should encourage students to use technologies that universities have currently employed. Institutes should offer training sessions to both instructors and students, so that they can effectively use these technologies in their teaching and learning.
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Hardeweg, Bernd. "The spatial distribution and interregional dynamics of vegetable production in Thailand." Kiel Wiss.-Verl. Vauk, 2008. http://d-nb.info/992287065/04.

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Lertphongwathana, Kulthida. "Population dynamics, education and manpower planning in Thailand : the case of the 15-19 age group." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/133206.

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The objective of this study is to examine of demographic process in relation to school iv the dynamics enrolment and employment with particular reference to the Thai population aged 15-19 years. Secondary sources of information ar e widely used and the future enrolment and labour force participation of the study population is assessed. The study observes that fertility started to decline around 1960-1970. The fertility decline will have wider implications not only for the future size of the population but also for schooling and manpower planning. Universal primary school enrolment has virtually been achieved in Thailand. In the age group 6-11 years, the numbers to be enrolled in primary schooling will start to decline by 1991 and by 1997 for the secondary level aged 12-17 years. Taking the medium variant of fertility and mortality assumptions used in official planning in Thailand, the stud y applies three sets of enrolment and labour force assumptions to examine the future size of the population aged 15- 19 years in schooling and labour force. According to the medium variant of the school enrolment projection, school enrolment in the age group 15-19 will increase from 27 per cent in 1980 to 39 per cent in the year 2005. The labour force participation rate is estimated to decline from 64 per cent in 1980 to 42 per cent in the year 2005 for the same age group of population. The study concludes that Thailand is undergoin g a socio-economic and a demographic transition. Therefore, every effort should be made to reduce the gap bet we en educated labour supply and demand -so that a favourable situation can be created for the rapidly modernizing Thai economy and society in order to usher in a quick transition.

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Bunlueng, Patcharaporn. "How Provincial Hotels in Thailand Achieve Local Community Support from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367906.

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This thesis examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by hotels, are perceived and responded to within local communities. This is significant research because it is the first study to examine the impact of hotels‟ CSR initiatives on local community members, despite increasing CSR investments by firms in the worldwide hospitality sector. As the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes more prevalent in industry, firms engage in ethical and responsible activities to benefit identified stakeholders, whether the activity is designed for altruistic or strategic reasons (Porter & Kramer, 2006). In turn, the increase in the level of CSR investment suggests that gauging the effectiveness of CSR initiatives will also be of increasing importance. In parallel with general industry trends, the role of CSR in the hospitality sector has also increased, in part, because of salient environmental and social issues (Sheldon & Park, 2011). Globally, hotels have reported the use of substantial resources for CSR activities because, among other things, such activities can improve the quality of life in local communities (World Business Council For Sustainable Development, 2004). Furthermore, this investment and reporting of CSR activities is also apparent in South-East Asian nations, such as Thailand.
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