Thailand's Economic Recovery

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Thailand’s Economic Recovery ThaiR_half&titlepgs.indd 1 9/6/05 11:10:49 PM ii The National Thai Studies Centre (NTSC) of Australia, based at the Faculty of Asian Studies in the Australian National University, promotes the study of Thailand in all academic disciplines, Thai language instruction, and public awareness of Thailand. It also supports linkages with Thailand in a broad range of fields, including education, culture, public administration and business. Among its principal activities are the holding of an annual Thailand Update conference, which provides an in-depth examination ofThai political, economic and social developments in the preceding 12 months. Further details are available at . The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 ThaiEcoRecovery Prelims 5/5/06, 9:58 AM 2 Edited by Cavan Hogue Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore Thailand Update Series Thailand’s Economic Recovery Australia ThaiR_half&titlepgs.indd 2 9/6/05 11:10:50 PM iv First published in Singapore in 2006 by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: and National Thai Studies Centre Faculty of Asian Studies Australian National University Canberra© 2006 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies or respective copyright holder. The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the editor and contributors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Thailand Update (Conference) (2004 : Macquarie University) Thailand’s economic recovery : proceedings of the National Thai Studies Centre annual Thailand Update 2004 / edited by Cavan Hogue 1. Thailand—Economic conditions—1986—Congresses. 2. Thailand—Politics and government—1988—Congresses. 3. Thailand—Foreign economic relations—Australia—Congresses. 4. Australia—Foreign economic relations—Thailand—Congresses. 5. Environmental policy—Thailand—Congresses. 6. Ethnicity—Thailand—Congresses. 7. Terrorism—Thailand—Congresses. I. Hogue, Cavan II. Macquarie University. III. Australian National University. National Thai Studies Centre. IV. Title V. Title: Thailand Update 2004 DS586 T367 2004 2006 ISBN 981-230-349-9 (soft cover) ISBN 981-230-352-9 (hard cover) Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Oxford Graphic Printers Pte Ltd 00 ThaiEcoRecovery Prelims 5/5/06, 9:58 AM 4 ...