Thailand beyond the crisis / edited by Peter Warr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warr, Peter G.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 7.

RoutledgeCurzon research on Southeast Asia ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises--Thailand.

Financial crises.

Currency crises--Thailand.

Currency crises.

Thailand--Economic conditions.

Thailand.

Thailand--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 351 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thailand Beyond the Crisis includes recent research to give an accurate and up to date picture of the status of Thailand's economic recovery. The Asian economic crisis began in Thailand and ended a decade of sustained economic boom. This book identifies the role of policy errors involving both the Thai government and the IMF that lead to the crash of the fastest growing economy in the world. Warr addresses the consequences of the crisis, including sharply increased poverty incidence and a backlog of non- performing loans which clogged the banking system, delaying recovery. Key content includes: * the Social Consequences of the crisis, and alternatives * public sector reform * implications of a floating exchange rate * education * urbanisation and the environment.

Contents:

part Part I Background to the crisis and the recovery process

chapter 1 Boom, bust and beyond / Peter Warr

chapter 2 Anatomy of the crisis AMMAR SIAMWALLA / Ammar Siamwalla

part Part II The social and political context of the recovery process

chapter 3 Pluto-populism

Thaksin and popular politics / Chris Baker

chapter 4 Socio-economic consequences of the crisis ISRA SARNTISART / Isra Sarntisart

chapter 5 Developing social alternatives

Walking backwards into a khlong / Pasuk Phongpaichit

part Part III The new environment for economic policy making

chapter 6 Public sector reform

A post-crisis opportunity / Stefan G. Koeberle

chapter 7 Dealing with debt

NPLs and debt restructuring / Pakorn Vichyanond

chapter 8 The implications of a flexible exchange rate BHANUPONG NIDHIPRABHA / Bhanupong Nidhiprabha

part Part IV The long term: human capital, urbanization and the environment

chapter 9 Education: the key to long-term recovery? SIRILAKSANA KHOMAN

The key to long-term recovery? / Sirilaksana Khoman

chapter 10 Urbanization

New drivers, new outcomes / Douglas Webster

chapter 11 Natural resources and the environment / Mingsarn Kaosa-ard.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-54155-4

1-280-07902-9

0-203-40239-1

1-134-54156-2

0-415-24447-1

9780203402399

OCLC:

299569943