หลังจากดําเนินการรับมือกับโควิด-19 อย่างมีนัยสําคัญ รัฐบาลไทยต้องเผชิญกับความท้าทายในระยะกลางในการลดระดับการขาดดุลและหนี้สินที่สูงขึ้น และความท้าทายเชิงโครงสร้างในการตอบสนองความต้องการการใช้จ่ายที่เพิ่มขึ้น...
Thailand has become internationally known for its success with universal health coverage (UHC) policy and health development. Among a total of 67 million people in 2021, 98 percent were covered by one...
Public spending has a critical role to play in supporting Thailand’s long-term development goals and securing fiscal sustainability. Chapter 1 highlighted that Thailand’s long-term fiscal sustainability...
This chapter introduces some of the risks to macro-fiscal stability that are posed by climate change and discusses how fiscal policy could address these risks. It examines various strategies for climate...
Having implemented a substantial fiscal response to COVID-19, Thailand’s government now faces the medium-term challenge of reducing elevated deficit and debt levels, and the structural challenge of meeting...
This chapter identifies spending inefficiencies that explain why higher levels of education spending in Thailand have not translated into improved learning outcomes. It begins by providing an overview...
Over the last three decades, Thailand has made little progress on revenue mobilization. In 2019, the revenue to GDP ratio was 21 percent, which was low relative to peers. Revenues declined further due...
Thailand’s social protection system faces significant challenges stemming from a slowing economy, inequality, rapid aging, the changing nature of work, and a highly informal workforce. At the same time...
Having implemented a substantial fiscal response to COVID-19, Thailand’s government now faces the medium-term challenge of reducing elevated deficit and debt levels, and the structural challenge of meeting...
Having implemented a substantial fiscal response to COVID-19, Thailand’s government now faces the medium-term challenge of reducing elevated deficit and debt levels, and the structural challenge of meeting...
Thailand has traditionally maintained a conservative approach to fiscal policy, with budget deficits and public debt remaining contained prior to the pandemic. Nevertheless, the government’s fiscal response...