Thailand : Investment Climate Assessment Update

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 pro...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS AGRICULTURE AUTOMOBILE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BANDWIDTH BANK LOAN BANKS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BEST PRACTICE BINDING CONSTRAINT BINDING CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS EXPANSION BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESSES CALCULATION CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL GOODS COLLATERAL COLLEGE DEGREE COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS CORPORATE FINANCE CUSTOM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DIRECT INVESTMENT DOMESTIC CREDIT DOWNSIDE RISKS EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMAILS EMERGING ECONOMIES EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FIRM PERFORMANCE FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FIRMS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETPLACE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT OFFICES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATE OF SALES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE ICT IMPORT LICENSE IMPROVEMENTS IN ACCESS INCOME INCOME LEVEL INCREASING RETURNS INDIRECT COST INDIRECT COSTS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMED DECISION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SHORTAGE LABOR SHORTAGES LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LARGE FIRMS LENDERS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET DEMAND MARKET FAILURES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY NATURAL MONOPOLY NEW PRODUCT NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY ONE-STOP SERVICE OUTPUT OUTPUTS OWNERSHIPS PARENT COMPANY PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLITICAL STABILITY POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POWER OUTAGE POWER OUTAGES PRICE INDEX PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTION STRUCTURE PRODUCTION STRUCTURES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS R&D RAPID GROWTH RATES OF RETURNS REAL GDP REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS SALE SALES SALES GROWTH SENIOR SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS SMALLER FIRMS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS SUPERVISION SUPPLIERS TAX TAX BREAK TAX RATES TAX REGIMES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTION TELEPHONE LINE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE POLICIES TRANSMISSION TURNOVER TYPES OF INVESTMENT UNSKILLED LABOR USER USES VALUABLE VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY WAGE WORKING CAPITAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10888643/thailand-investment-climate-assessment-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7805

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Summary:	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.

Thailand : Investment Climate Assessment Update

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