External demand was the main driver of growth in Thailand in 2006 and 2007. However, WEO projections indicate …, and high oil prices. While the share of Thai exports to the US has fallen in recent years, the US remains Thailand …

Philippines and Thailand), there were considerable differences both in terms of instantaneous impact of the crisis and in terms of … impact on more open economies (Malaysia and Thailand). Second, countercyclical fiscal stimulus in Indonesia and the … Philippines was larger and was sustained longer. Third, idiosyncratic factors pushed output up in Indonesia and down in Thailand …

Thailand stands out in international comparison as a country with a high dispersion of productivity across sectors. It … has especially low labor productivity in agriculture—a sector that employs a much larger share of the population than is … typical for a country at Thailand’s level of income. This suggests large potential productivity gains from labor …

Thailand had to endure three major shocks during 2008–2011: the global financial crisis, the Japanese earthquake, and … the Thai floods of 2011. Over this period, consistent with its inflation targeting framework, the Bank of Thailand (BOT … added up to a total of 4 percentage points to real GDP growth during periods when Thailand had to weather these three major …