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Thailand
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6.1 Million Thai people live below the poverty line. (World Bank)
3.8 Million poor people live in northeast Thailand, compared to 2.3m total in the rest of Thailand.
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ECONOMIC IMPACT
By working with A Global Friendship, an artisan in Thailand can work for one hourand make three times the average daily wage in their country.
THAI ARTISANS
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Thailand has been one of the great development success stories, with sustained strong growth (2009-GDP 5%) and impressive poverty reduction (2009 -8%). However, benefits of Thailand’s economic success have not been shared equally, with some regions—particularly, the North and Northeast—lagging behind the rest of the country in terms of poverty reduction.
Despite substantial migration from rural to urban areas, especially Bangkok, a large fraction of the Thai workforce remains in agriculture and therefore in rural areas. Poverty in Thailand is primarily a rural phenomenon, with 88% of the country’s 5.4 million poor living in rural areas. Welfare disparities between those in urban and rural areas have increased with the process of development, and today most inequality in Thailand is inequality between regions rather than within each region.
Reducing income inequality may help boost the middle class and support domestic consumption. Expanding the supply of skilled labor and enhancing the skill set of labor force are critical for increasing the complexity of tasks performed in Thailand.
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