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Fiscal cost and Thailand’s redistribution policies

31st December, 2011
A Thai farmer carries rice for planting in Yala province. (Photo: AAP)

Author: Somchai Jitsuchon, TDRI

That Pheu Thai (PT) Party won Thailand’s general election was hardly a surprise, even to its principal political opponent, the Democrat Party.

What was surprising was the overwhelming majority it won. Read more…

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