dominated the national and international media for weeks, confronted us with our weaknesses in times of disaster. This lead us … systematic overview on various important issues and debates on efforts in understanding and managing disaster. This paper is … organized in two parts. The first part deals with the various theoretical aspects of disaster study such as definitional debates …

(FTAs) as an instrument of commercial policy. By December 2009, Thailand had 11 concluded FTAs, and more were either under … the business impact of FTAs in Thailand. Key findings are as follows : (i) 24.9% of respondents used Thai FTAs as of … medium enterprises (SMEs). The findings suggest that Thailand should refine its FTA strategy to take better advantage of …

liabilities in Thailand. Namely, the Thai private sector switched the denominations from the US dollar to the yen and at a larger … US dollar to home currencies. Japanese banks resident in Thailand increased their local claims in the Thai baht; Japanese …

regulatory capture is prevalent, Thailand should first consider institutional remedies, most importantly separating regulatory …

Looking back around half a century, Thailand has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world. lt also …