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| Document Type: |
General |
| Publish Date: |
1996 |
| Primary Author: |
Kioe Sheng Yap |
| Edited By: |
Suneela Farooqi |
| Published By: |
Kioe Sheng Yap |
Low Income Housing in a rapid expanding urban economy. Thailand has changed considerably over the last decades. There has been rapid economic growth based on export-oriented industrial development, an expansion of the middle class and a decline in absolute poverty. However, economic activity is still largely concentrated in and around Bangkok and income inequality is high. The country is urbanizing through large-scale, but often circular, rural-urban migration, life expectancy is increasing and fertility rates are below replacement level. Except for health care, social welfare program are rudimentary and cover mainly government officials and some formal-sector workers.
