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Big ideas like Kra Canal take guts to follow through on
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 07/01/2015
» With attention focused largely on holiday celebrations in the past couple of weeks, most Thais probably missed the news about a milestone event in Nicaragua just...
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Is lower growth a 'sustainable' blessing in disguise?
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 04/02/2015
» Economic numbers and growth prospects seem to make few people happy these days. But unless we are among the desperately poor or unemployed with few prospects...
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Debt-inequality trap risks being sprung any moment
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 05/11/2014
» Last month, the International Monetary Fund issued its latest assessment of the global economy for 2014, lowering the growth rate from 3.7% projected in its previous...
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Sufficiency economy doesn't mean self-sufficiency
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 03/12/2014
» Since the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced some six months ago that he would use the sufficiency economy (SE) as the guiding...
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Eating less rice benefits farmers, the environment
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 01/10/2014
» Growing up in a typical rice-farming family — my mother was also a rice noodle vendor during the dry season — I am accustomed to eating rice or rice noodles...
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An end to wasteful spending is the key to real reform
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 03/09/2014
» The National Legislative Assembly is considering a 2.57-trillion-baht budget for the next fiscal year proposed by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)....
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Keep a keen eye on the advisers, not just the NCPO
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 06/08/2014
» Recent days saw the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One and the latest default by Argentina on its international debt.
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Generals must lead way with sufficiency economy focus
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 02/07/2014
» The timetable is set. If the generals keep their word, the country will hold parliamentary elections sometime late next year. Until then, they will be running...
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Coup-makers must lead by example
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 04/06/2014
» Every military intervention is costly and the current one is no exception. It costs a lot of money to keep soldiers on the streets, and their presence spooks...
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A tale of two Isan villages’ attempts to end poverty
News, Sawai Boonma, Published on 07/05/2014
» About three decades ago, a seemingly great idea was put forward with the express purpose of raising the incomes of the people of Isan — the Northeast — so...