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Thailand needs new ways of governance

Researchers at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang show off a mobile app to help the province and Royal Thai Police reduce road accidents, in this image taken in 2018. Somchai Poomlard

To survive the post-Covid economy, Thailand needs to launch new ways of growth by up-skilling and re-skilling its workforce, investing in a green economy and bridging social disparities through a universal welfare system.

Without effective ways to drive growth, how can Thailand deal with the challenges in an age of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA)? Perhaps, a bigger question is how to reform Thailand’s laggard bureaucracy already tasked to manage the VUCA?

Judging from past performance, the country’s bureaucratic state has miserably failed. Amid the pandemic, bureaucratic red tape…

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