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BoT chief forecasts unequal recovery
Economic inequality is expected to widen after the outbreak is controlled because lower-income earners will likely continue to suffer from the impact of the pandemic during an uneven recovery, says Bank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput.Thailand grappled with economic inequality and social injustice before the ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
A Common Challenge: Geography and Inequality in Thailand and America
Economic inequality has become a major roadblock in Thailand’s path to prosperity and democracy. The massive development gap between the prosperous central and eastern seaboards and outlying agricultural regions has been a source of political division and unmet economic potential for decades. In Thailand’s northeast, ...
Thomas Parks