Human resource development (HRD) theory and Thailand's sufficiency economy concept and its "OTOP" program

Journal of Third World Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Curry Jr , Robert L ^a   Sura, Kanchana ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED NATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 35649013745     PISSN: 87553449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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21. This action is consistent with important points made by Michael K. Connors, "Democracy and the Mainstreaming of Localism in Thailand," in Francis L.K. Wah, and Joakim Ojendal, Southeast Asian Responses to Globalization: Restructuring Governance and Deepening Democracy, pp. 259-286.
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27. Office of the Prime Minister (2004). OTOP Information (Mimeographed): pp. 1-3.