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The report emphasizes the importance of breaking the cycle of inequitable investment in human capital and lack of well-paying job opportunities that trap the poor in poverty, generation after generation. Children from poor households start life at a disadvantage. Malnourished and stunted, with...
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Economic growth is expected to attain 3.1 percent in both 2016 and 3.2 percent in 2017 accelerating from 2.8 percent last year with private consumption and public investment as key drivers as consumer sentiment recovers, households deleverage and large public infrastructure projects are...
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Thailand needs to avoid the high-carbon growth path of many developed countries and, instead, take a low-carbon growth … path. A green low-carbon growth path is in Thailand's own interest as it can simultaneously tackle local environmental … degradation, global climate change, and energy security challenges. It can also position Thailand as a regional leader in green …
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Thailand has made tremendous progress toward the twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared … prosperity. Notably, Thailand has achieved these gains despite high political instability, with short-lived constitutions and … constrain further progress in reducing poverty and promoting inclusion. The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) of Thailand …
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Over the past few decades, Thailand has made tremendous progress toward the twin goals of eliminating extreme poverty … and boosting shared prosperity. Thailand has achieved these gains despite high political instability. Growth has been … unsustainable. Analysis undertaken for this SCD suggests that the significant slowdown in Thailand's export growth in recent years …
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Thailand's economic growth slowed to 2.4 percent in Q3 2019, driven by cyclical factors, notably weak external demand …
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Malaysia did to achieve transformative results in agriculture. It focuses on four main areas in which the Malaysian experience … of value chains; (4) The inclusiveness of Malaysia's agricultural transformation …
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Global growth slowed markedly in H1 2022. This was due to COVID-19 resurgences at the turn of the year; protracted supply disruptions; reduced macroeconomic support; and substantial negative spillovers from the war in Ukraine. The conflict, which has sparked the largest commodity price shock in...
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Global economic activity registered resilient growth in early 2023 but is losing momentum. Advanced economies growth slowed less-than-anticipated inearly 2023 as tight labor markets drove wages up, preventing a sharp decline in consumption. However, global growth slowed slightly in Q2 2023, with...
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