Thailand : Investment Climate Assessment Update

World Bank

Thailand : Investment Climate Assessment Update

2008

World Bank

This report provides an up-to-date assessment of the investment climate of Thailand. As the socio-economic framework in which enterprises operate including infrastructure, policies and regulations improving the investment climate is helpful for productivity and economic growth. The report is based mainly on the results of the second round of the Thailand Productivity and Investment Climate Surveys (PICS) carried out in 2007 and on a comparison with results from the first round (conducted between March 2004 and February 2005). Some 1043 establishments from nine manufacturing sectors (food processing, textiles, garments, automobile parts, electronic parts, electrical appliances, rubber/plastics, furniture/wood, and machinery) in six regions (North, Central, metropolitan Bangkok, East, Northeast, and South) were surveyed. This report aims to present policymakers with detailed information on key business climate indicators and their relationship to Thai economic performance. Thailand's rapid growth and transition to middle-income country status in the past two decades was mainly the result of the rapid increase in employment and capital goods.

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Investment climate; Investment climates; Market failures; Binding constraint; Financial crisis; Business environment; User; R&d; Earnings; Economic management; Tax regimes; Emerging economies; Labor shortage; Large firms; Availability of data; Skilled workers; Public policy; Development agency; Commodity; Low income; Equipments; Middle-income country; Gdp; Valuable; Political stability; Global marketplace; Wage; Ownerships; Ict; Suppliers; Foreign currency; Labor shortages; Informed decision; Labor market; Transmission; Tax break; Macroeconomic policy; New technologies; Economies of scale; Production structures; Macroeconomic stability; Agglomeration effects; Indirect cost; Total factor productivity; Physical infrastructure; Low-income; Data availability; Lenders; Labor productivity; Improvements in access; Labor supply; Sale; Labor force; Telephone line; Technical skills; Infrastructure projects; Lack of knowledge; Production processes; Government offices; Interest rate; Customs; Private sector development; Middle income country; Knowledge economy; Knowledge base; International competition; Types of investment; Telephone connection; Investment climate assessment; Performance indicators; Indirect costs; Limited access; Technological innovations; Business climate; Investing; Business operations; Income level; Public investments; Import license; Competitive advantages; Unskilled labor; New product; Economic performance; Sales growth; Barriers to entry; Competitiveness; Real gdp; Industrial economics; Regulatory framework; Communication technologies; Downside risks; Technical assistance; International comparison; Custom; Customs clearance; Access to credit; Emails; Investment climate reforms; Price index; Business expansion; Performances; Telephone; One-stop service; Foreign exchange; Corporate finance; Domestic credit; Business services; International markets; Increasing returns; Economic policy; Output; Tax rates; Power outage; Result; Natural monopoly; Middle income countries; Productivity growth; Economic framework; Power outages; Technological innovation; Turnover; Manufacturing industries; Electronics industry; Firm performance; Investment opportunities; Bandwidth; Innovations; Production function; Gdp per capita; Global economy; Rapid growth; Automobile; Technology development; Rates of returns; Supervision; Middle-income countries; Financial markets; Skilled labor; Direct investment; Capital accumulation; Financial service; Human resource; Regulatory environment; Commodity prices; Binding constraints; Capital goods; Skill shortages; Parent company; Outputs; Smaller firms; Contributions; Externalities; Business performance; Labor regulations; Technology transfers; Labor markets; Foreign direct investment; Collateral; Growth rate of sales; Per capita income; Investment decisions; Export earnings; Infrastructure investments; Tax; Bank loan; College degree; Positive externalities; Reliability; Licenses; Contribution

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