Thailand Social Monitor : Poverty and Public Policy

This is the sixth issue of the "Thailand Social Monitor." It is written for Thai policymakers, to provide them with the best evidence currently available on poverty and public policy, and to strengthen the foundation for anti-poverty strategies in Thailand. This report approaches Poverty in Thailand from four perspectives: 1) the changing profile of the poor, who they are, where they live, their defining characteristics, so as to better understand the dimensions of the problem (Chapters 1 and 2); 2) the changing profile of income inequality in Thailand, to assess whether income distribution should be an issue for public policy (Chapters 3 and 4); 3) some of the strategic, cross-sectoral issues that are at the center of public policy debates on poverty reduction in Thailand (Chapter 4); and 4) the performance of recent policies and programs to reduce poverty, so as to appreciate the strengths and limitations of public policy in this challenging domain (Chapters 5 and 6). The coverage of this report is thus broad. However, while chapters 5 and 6 analyze targeted poverty interventions, they do not capture the full range of public efforts to reduce poverty, nor do they address the anti-poverty benefits of universal programs, such as education, health, transport, or agricultural services. Also, macroeconomic policies are not covered.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2001-11
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, AVAILABLE DATA, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, CENSUS DATA, CHRONIC POVERTY, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY, CURRENCY UNIT, DATA SET, DATA SETS, DATA SOURCES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, DONOR COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC CONTRACTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD DATA, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SECTOR UNIT, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME TRANSFERS, INFORMAL SAFETY, INFORMAL SAFETY NETS, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE, MINIMUM WAGE, NATIONAL AVERAGE, NATIONAL POVERTY, NUTRITION, PARLIAMENT, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY DEBATES, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY OPTIONS, POLICY REVIEW, POOR AREAS, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY INDEX, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY INTERVENTIONS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY POLICY, POVERTY PROGRAMS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY STRATEGY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRODUCTIVE SECTORS, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC RESOURCES, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POOR, SAFETY NETS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL CONTEXT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, STATISTICAL OFFICE, STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, TACKLING POVERTY, TARGETING, TASK TEAM LEADER, ULTRA POOR, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, WELFARE INDICATORS PUBLIC POLICY, POVERTY PROFILE, DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS, INCOME LEVELS, INEQUITY, CROSS SECTION ANALYSIS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, LAND OWNERSHIP, OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, INCOME SOURCES, SELF-RELIANCE, EMPOWERMENT, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, DECENTRALIZATION, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, ANTI-POVERTY POLICY, HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, RESEARCH PLANNING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1637749/thailand-social-monitor-poverty-public-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15471
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