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A leading Thai economist has delivered a stark warning to the government, insisting the country must urgently overhaul its rigid bureaucratic system to avoid being left behind by global changes.<\/p>\n
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Speaking at the annual National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) <\/strong>conference on Friday, Veerathai Santipraphob<\/strong>, \u0e41hairman of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and former Bank of Thailand Governor, addressed the topic, “Overhauling Thailand’s Structure: How to Make it a Reality.”<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Veerathai asserted that the current Thai bureaucracy remains a significant factor slowing and hindering the nation’s economic growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n He urged for a fundamental shift, transforming the civil service from a hindrance into a vital engine capable of driving the economy and significantly improving citizens’ lives.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n “With the accelerating pace of global change, the civil service must adapt to new dynamics and be able to take the lead in addressing various transformations,” Veerathai stated.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n He stressed that a renewed focus must be placed on reducing inequality and delivering higher-quality public welfare, including comprehensive services in health and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 A leading Thai economist has delivered a stark warning to the government, insisting the country must urgently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[153115,51,1700,153118,34066,153117,153116,731,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-456522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-bureaucratic","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-nesdc","12":"tag-reform","13":"tag-tdri","14":"tag-thai-bureaucracy","15":"tag-thailand","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115278871518718279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}