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Thailand Needs 'Radical' Overhaul to Reach High-Income Goal, Says NESDC
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2026
Planning agency urges shift to high-value sectors, data infrastructure, and an end to short-term populism ahead of IMF-World Bank summit
Thailand Targets Top 20 Global Ranking in 12-Year High-Income Push
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026
Deputy PM Ekniti Nitithanprapas targets 3% potential GDP growth and TOP 20 global competitiveness as Thailand pivots away from legacy industries
THAILAND² bets on human capital to power a high-income future
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2026
Thailand puts human capital at the centre of a strategy linking education, skills, research and emerging industries to escape the middle-income trap
World Bank report highlights challenges in becoming a high-income economy
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 07, 2024
Over a hundred countries, including China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Thailand, face significant challenges in their quest to become high-income economies in the coming decades, according to a new World Bank study released earlier this month.
Minister raises alarm over Thailand’s dropping birth rate, ageing population
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024
Thailand needs comprehensive policies to tackle potential economic and societal challenges presented by the changing population structure, Social Development and Human Security Minister Varawut Silpa-archa warned recently.
Thai Sang Thai to focus on infrastructure development and wooing FDI
MONDAY, MAY 08, 2023
Thai Sang Thai Party will promote Thailand as a "global gateway" to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), party leader Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan said on Monday.
Moon mission to help Thailand blast out of middle-income trap
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Thailand must reach for the stars if it wants to escape the gravitational pull of the middle-income trap. That was the message of the National Innovation Agency (NIA) on Friday as it unveiled a launchpad for the country’s fledgling space industry.
Thailand lacks an incentive to escape middle-income trap
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017
Re: “Goal is to become a ‘developed’ country within 20 years”, The Nation, yesterday.