Publication Code: Y92A

Content

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Researchers

Session I    Myths, Demons, and the Future of Thai Agriculture

Executive Summary

บทสรุปสำหรับผู้บริหาร

PART I:    MYTHS AND DEMONS

The Uniformity Myth: Agriculture is uniform and homogeneous

The Demon of the Market

The Demon of Indebtedness

Two Policy Principles

PART II:    THE FUTURE OF THAI AGRICULTURE

Resources

Changing Comparative Advantage

Growth in Domestic Demand

Technology

Foreign Government's Policies

The Final Problem

References

Session II    Manufacturing Growth: A Blessing For All?

Executive Summary

บทสรุปสำหรับผู้บริหาร

SOURCES OF GROWTH

STRUCTURAL SHIFT, PERFORMANCE AND QUALITATIVE

ISSUES

Intra-industry Shift

Manufacturing Performance

Growth Distribution

Regional Disparity

Growth of Large and Small Firms

THE RESOURCE BASE AND DECLINING ADVANTAGES

Labor

Natural Resources

Technology

Current Status

Small to Large Scale Processing

Market and Technology Development

Science and Technology (S & T) Education and Environment

THE GROWTH PATHS

INDUSTRIAL POLICY: THAI STYLE

Tariff Policy

Investment Promotion

Sectoral Policies

Industrial Targeting Policy

The Need for Industrial Policy Co-ordination

CONCLUDING REMARKS

References