Publication Code: I20
The study comprises five chapters. Chapter Two presents causes of the crisis and identifies economic and social impacts from the crisis. Chapter Three reviews the government measures to cope with the crisis. It emphasizes investigating the utilization of foreign loan programs which have comprehensive plans to revitalize social and economic structure in order to survive through the crisis, and sustainable development. The programs also involve a number of government agencies and communities. Therefore reviewing these programs will provide information for identifying TA activities needs to complement the programs and to avoid any duplication of works. In Chapter Four, we discuss trend of TA activities in Thailand and the results from interviewing the donors. The focus is on how donors perceive the impact of the crisis on Thailand and the roles of TA to alleviate these impacts. The last Chapter applies data and information from previous Chapters, response from questionnaire survey, and comments from the seminar, to identify strategy for DTEC's effective utilization of TA and prioritize TA activities to cope with the crisis for the short-fun and long-run benefits to Thailand.
December 1998