Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring

Thai farmers have been witnessing the rice price plunge which further hurt their income and living standards. The government’s measures to alleviate their plight have been quick fixes at best. It must come up with a longer term plan to tackle the bigger issue of economic restructuring.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88246
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41723
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spelling ntu-10356/882462020-11-01T07:14:07Z Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Non-Traditional Security Southeast Asia and ASEAN Thai farmers have been witnessing the rice price plunge which further hurt their income and living standards. The government’s measures to alleviate their plight have been quick fixes at best. It must come up with a longer term plan to tackle the bigger issue of economic restructuring. 2016-12-07T02:32:54Z 2019-12-06T16:59:02Z 2016-12-07T02:32:54Z 2019-12-06T16:59:02Z 2016 Commentary Pitakdumrongkit, K. (2016). Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 283). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88246 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41723 en RSIS Commentaries, 283-16 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf
spellingShingle Non-Traditional Security
Southeast Asia and ASEAN
Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol
Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title_full Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title_fullStr Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title_full_unstemmed Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title_short Thailand’s Rice Conundrum: Time for Economic Restructuring
title_sort thailand s rice conundrum time for economic restructuring
topic Non-Traditional Security
Southeast Asia and ASEAN
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