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The economic history of Thailand

Old debates, recent advances, and future prospects

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ID20437377
AuthorsPanarat Anamwathana (0000-0002-7463-8176, Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts Thammasat University Bangkok Thailand), Jessica Vechbanyongratana (0000-0003-2345-7962, Faculty of Economics Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume61
Issue3
Pages342-358
Publication date2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aehr.12224
OpenAlexW3202050944
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Despite slow development of Thai economic history scholarship, research output in the last three decades has shed new light and improved arguments on classic debates using novel primary sources and quantitative methods. This article traces the evolution of three Thai economic history debates from the late‐nineteenth and twentieth centuries: (1) factors behind Thailand's slow economic growth; (2) the reluctance of rural workers to move into urban employment; and (3) the Thai government's failure to invest in large‐scale irrigation projects. The article concludes with a discussion of current challenges facing Thai economic history research and suggestions to move the discipline forward

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Scholarship · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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Citations per year2
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
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