Recent Publications
UNDP has produced many reports on Thailand’s human development and development cooperation over the years. Below are some of our latest reports. Click here for a comprehensive list of UNDP Thailand publications.
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2009 Thailand Human Development Report: Human Security, Today and Tomorrow (6.7 MB) The Report, ‘Human Security, Today and Tomorrow,’ casts a spotlight on the state of human security in Thailand from multiple perspectives. The analysis in the report covers economic security, political security, environmental security, health security, personal security and food security. |
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Executive Summary: Improving the Local Administrative Structure (1.6 MB) Thai version (1.6 MB), The report presents policy recommendations to improve the process of decentralization in the local government structure. |
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The Progress of Decentralization Process of Thailand and its Recommendations in Thai (7.8 MB) (2009)“The Progress of Decentralization Process of Thailand and its Recommendations” finds that the Decentralization Act (1999) has had many positive developments for local governments, making them more accountable and more efficient in delivering public services. |
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Cooling Down the Planet with Both Hands, English and Thai combined in one book (26.7 MB) (2009) - 2°: Cooling Down the Planet with Both Hands is a collection of articles featuring Thais of different ages and backgrounds, who have adopted innovative approaches to reuse, reduce and recycle. This inspirational new book highlights what Thai people are doing in their everyday lives to combat climate change. |
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Gender Development: Similarities and Differences (6.7 MB) (2009), Thai version (4.9 MB) This report presents an analysis of gender-disaggregated data on the role and development of women and men in 7 aspects: health, education, employment,income and poverty, family life and reproductive health, violence, and leadership, to highlight the differences in terms of opportunity, role, and gender equality, sex-specific behaviours. |
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Trang Provincial Millennium Development Goals Report (22.4 MB) (2008), Thai version (1.18 MB) Trang is the third province to localize the MDGs in Thailand. The report highlights that Trang's development has achieved large parts of the global MDGs. However, major challenges remain in the areas of education quality, mono-crop cultivation, HIV infection rates and identifying and supporting disadvantaged social groups. |
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The Report on Thailand Gender-Disaggregated Statistics (2.4 MB) (2008) Thai version (7 MB) The report highlights a number of interesting statistics about the role of women in Thailand. It presents 2002-2006 statistics by sex, administrative area and region and, in some cases, province. |
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Thailand Human Development Report 2007: Sufficiency Economy and Human Development (5.2 MB) (2007), Thai version (5.7 MB)
The Thailand Human Development Report 2007 - Sufficiency Economy and Human Development highlights the stark contrast between Thailand’s impressive overall economic and social progress and the many deep-rooted development challenges that remain. This report explains what Sufficiency Economy means in practice. |
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