As global growth slows and supply chains continue to reorganize, middle-income economies face a structural challenge: how to sustain long-term growth while ensuring it is geographically balanced and ...

By Chainarong Monthienvichienchai Among the 61 high school graduates celebrating their commencement this week at Mala Sawan ...

An international team of researchers from George Mason University, Harvard University, and the University of Tokyo have used artificial intelligence to map the global underground market for illegal ...

BANGKOK – The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has reported on the progress of the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2023-2027). Particularly in the first two ...

Pattani and Mae Hong Son continue to rank among the top five provinces with the highest poverty rates in the country for over 15 years. The NESDC points out that the problem is deeply rooted in ...

A new study by researchers from the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Department, Sailesh Tiwari, Emmanuel Skoufias, and Varun Kshirsagar, with support from the Climate Support Facility’s Whole ...

Boxing is a national passion in Thailand, offering a path to the Olympics and lucrative careers in a country with one of the world’s widest income divides. By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono ...

Meet World Bank Thailand experts in our new video series #ExpertExplains where our goal is to help you understand some of the biggest issues in Thailand today by asking our colleagues to explain what ...

The Thailand 2024 Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) Update outlines the World Bank’s assessment of reform priorities for Thailand’s social and economic development. While the Thailand 2016 SCD ...

"Thailand: Farmers caught between poverty, Israel-Hamas war," "My boss in Israel really wants me back in the field," says the 34-year-old [Thai worker, Bowon Nonthasi]. Bowon adds that he doesn't have ...