This research essay is intended to examine the link between
privatization and development in Thailand . It found that privatization in Thailand
can come in many forms. The government has tried to bring the private sector to
participate in infrastructural development to help relieve the government's
financial burdens. But it appeared that privatization still has a small role in
national development through infrastructural development This is because the
government does not have a clear policy to define the role of the private sector and
the public sector in this issue. In addition , Thailand's experience in bringing the
private sector to participate in infrastructural development through the methods
such as BTO(build-transfer-operate) and BOT(build-operate-transfer) has caused
many problems which have had an adverse effect on many projects. The paper
found that the state still retains its role as the developmental state . This can be
seen from the fact that the state has no intention to divest state enterprises which
it considers as important. Furthermore, state enterprises will continue to play a
major role in national development . However, the trend of state enterprises in
Thailand will move towards corporatization and commercialization in which more
state enterprises will change their status to state-owned companies and focus on
commercialization with a view to increasing their efficiency through competition
with the private sector.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219422 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Waiyasusri, Pharuhat, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Administrative Studies |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Pharuhat Waiyasusri |
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