Rural Off-farm Employment in Thailand: Phase I Survey Results

Mead, D.C. and Charsombut, P. (1980) Rural Off-farm Employment in Thailand: Phase I Survey Results. Working Paper. Kasetsart University, USA.

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Abstract

1.1 Rural Industry and Economic Development in Thailand. Thailand is one of the few developing countries which has succeeded in sustaining high rates of growth in output over long periods of time. From 1961 to 1977, the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product at constant prices averaged over 7 percent per annum. Yanufactured output has grown at the very high rate of 10 percent per annum over this period., while agriculture, the dominant sector of the economy, had grown at a respectable 5 percent per year. Manufacturing has increased its share in GDP from 12.5% in 1960 to 19.00 in1977, while agriculture's share declined from 39.8% in 1960 to only 28.1% in 1977...

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Author Affiliation:	Center for Applied Economics Research, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Agricultural Extension,Technology, ICT
Divisions:	General
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2012 06:03
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2012 06:03
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8523

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