Economy not on the up, says the ranking index
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Re: “Post-war Thailand on the up under Prayut”, Letters, August 19.
Mr A Johnsen claims again that the Thai economy has improved under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, using the same Legatum Prosperity Index for 2015 and its economy sub-index ranking.
Sir, please go to www.prosperity.com/#!/ranking and see rank 48. Next to the word Thailand, there is a plus symbol that can be clicked to view the 2012 through 2015 ranks. The first column is the economy sub-index. It shows that in 2014 Thailand was ranked 13th and in 2015 15th.
Mr Johnsen, how can you seriously claim that Prayut or even the Thai economy is on a good track when country dropped two rankings from 2014 to 2015? I looking to hear from you again and hope you finally accept that your statement is incorrect. Thanks in advance for you fair play.
Gilles Bernard
