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Up to 2.7 million Thai travel, hospitality and tourism workers unemployed by September
The president of the Thai Tourism Industry Council says confidence among Thailand’s tourism business operators fell to the lowest level in a decade during the second quarter thi...
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Laos kicks off new school year amid effective COVID-19 control
Article from Xinhua Net announcing Laos school reopenings
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COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy Immediate responses and policy challenges
At the end of April 2020, the number of COVID-19 infections had exceeded 2.8 million cases worldwide, with the death toll nearing 195,000, and 210 countries and territories affe...
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COVID-19 employment and labour market impact in Thailand
The COVID-19 related impact on the economy in Thailand through both direct (generated by domestic lockdown) and indirect (supply and demand shocks in supply chains, including to...
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A Guide to The Thai Green Label Scheme
The scheme is developed to promote the concept of resource conservation, pollution reduction, and waste management. The purposes of awarding the green label are: • To provide r...
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Mass unemployment the new normal in SE Asia
A new International Labor Organization report suggests that more than one in six young people worldwide has stopped working since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the r...
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NESDC: 14.4m workers at risk
Thailand may lose up to 14.4 million jobs in the second and third quarters, largely because of the coronavirus outbreak and widespread drought, says the government’s planning un...
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New COVID-19 Guidance Notes on Housing Rights
Three guidance notes on housing rights issued by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing on COVID-19 and the protection of those living in homelessness, informal settlement, ...
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Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity
This assessment synthesizes information and findings from recent literature and research on gender issues in Lao PDR for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank’s (W...
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Journalism, fake news & disinformation: handbook for journalism education and training
This book aims to provide a basic guideline and fundamental understanding for all journalists and relevant readers of the term Fake News and Disinformation.
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Kerry Worldbridge SEZ Breaks Ground
According to the news published by the Cambodian Construction Association website in 2015 through URL https://www.construction-property.com/kerry-worldbridge-sez-breaks-ground/...
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Thai ethnical groups who must not be forgotten
After Thai society had conflicts, a group of intellectuals fled the city and went to the jungle, and meet with other ethnic groups who do not call themselves Thai. But it is a K...
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BTI 2016: Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management in 129 developing and transition...
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BTI 2014. Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 report for Thailand. The BTI analyzes and evaluates countries' movements toward democracy and a market economy. For 12...
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Global warming scapegoat: A new punishment measure imposed on indigenous peoples for practicing their sustainable traditional livelihood activities
A brief about the Government of Thailand's arrest of two Karen farmers as they cleared fields for shifting cultivation, their traditional method of farming. The authors raise co...
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Open Budget Survey 2015: Thailand
Thailand’s score of 42 out of 100 is a little lower than the global average score of 45. Drawing on internationally accepted criteria developed by multilateral organizations, th...
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Trapped in the kitchen of the world: The situation for migrant workers in Thailand’s poultry industry (Report #76)
Interviews with 98 migrant workers employed by four different Thai poultry producers, that all have exported to Sweden during the last three years, show an extensive variation o...
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The Economic Impact of the 26 December 2004 Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami in Thailand
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 9.5 in the Richter scale, with epicenter located just off the Northern part of the island of Sumatra, occurred in the early hours of 26 Decemb...
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A Model of Appropriate Self-Adjustment of Farmers who Grow Para Rubber (Hevea Brasiliensis) in Northeast Thailand
Problem statement: Para Rubber was an economic wood growing in Northeast Thailand playing economic and social role. The objectives of this research were to ...
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Estimation of Emissions from Sugarcane Field Burning in Thailand Using Bottom-Up Country-Specific Activity Data
Open burning in sugarcane fields is recognized as a major source of air pollution. However, the assessment of its emission intensity in many regions of the world still lacks inf...