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The economic history of Thailand: Old debates, recent advances, and future prospects

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  • Panarat Anamwathana
  • Jessica Vechbanyongratana

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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.

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  • Panarat Anamwathana & Jessica Vechbanyongratana, 2021. "The economic history of Thailand: Old debates, recent advances, and future prospects," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 61(3), pages 342-358, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:61:y:2021:i:3:p:342-358
    DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12224
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