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Thailand's reform body eyes faster economic growth, better livelihood by 2032

Xinhua, December 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thailand's National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) has drawn up a comprehensive reform plan, targeting accelerated economic growth, increased per capita income, and enhanced competitiveness of youth labor by 2032.

While briefing foreign reporters on the NRSA's progress here on Tuesday, NRSA Chairman Thinapan Nakata said that the reform plan covers 11 areas, including politics, economy, energy and education, which will be considered at a plenary meeting of the 200-seat NRSA on Dec. 21-23.

During the briefing, NRSA disclosed goals of the reform plan, including raising the kingdom's per capita income to 480,000 baht, or 15,000 U.S. dollars by 2032, increasing annual growth rate of the GDP to 6 percent, developing Thailand into ASEAN's trade and logistics hub, as well as enhancing the competitiveness of the country's young generation in ASEAN and Asia.

During the breifing, the NRSA compared Thailand to an airplane, with political leaders as its pilots and narrowing national gaps as its balanced wings.

The NRSA also reiterated its 1-1-18 timeframe for its work of reform, also known as the 20-month roadmap.

According to the roadmap, starting on Oct. 15, the NRSA spends one month in setting up a committee to draft rules of its procedures, followed with another month in scrutinizing process in terms of analyzing reform agendas and making recommendations for law drafting. The last 18 months will be used to finalize action plans for reform, which will then be presented to the National Legislative Assembly.

The NRSA's 1-1-18 timeframe fits in with the government's 6-4-6-4 roadmap, which allows six months for constitution drafters to ready a new charter, four months to prepare a public referendum, another six months to draft organic laws and four more months for election preparations. Enditem