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Industrialization With a Weak State: Thailand's Development in Historical Perspective (Kyoto Cseas Series on Asian Studies)
Somboon Siriprachai
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Paperback. Editor(s): Sugihara, Haoru; Phongpaichit, Pasuk; Baker, Chris. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
This volume of collected essays by Somboon Siriprachai offers a critical assessment of Thai industrialisation with a focus on industrial policy, rent seeking and income inequality. An economist by training, Somboon saw the Thai state as authoritarian rather than developmental, and criticised the adoption of policies that were oriented toward increasing government revenue instead of nurturing industrial development. While these policies achieved growth, they did not strengthen Thailand's technological ability and industrial skills, or promote research and development.
Somboon disputed the World Bank's classification of Thailand as a Newly Industrialising Economy (NIE), backing his argument with empirical evidence ... Read more
This volume of collected essays by Somboon Siriprachai offers a critical assessment of Thai industrialisation with a focus on industrial policy, rent seeking and income inequality. An economist by training, Somboon saw the Thai state as authoritarian rather than developmental, and criticised the adoption of policies that were oriented toward increasing government revenue instead of nurturing industrial development. While these policies achieved growth, they did not strengthen Thailand's technological ability and industrial skills, or promote research and development.
Somboon disputed the World Bank's classification of Thailand as a Newly Industrialising Economy (NIE), backing his argument with empirical evidence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971696511
SKU
V9789971696511
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Ref
99-15
About Somboon Siriprachai
Somboon SIRIPRACHAI (1956-2008) was an Association Professor of Economics at Thammasat University, Thailand.
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