Are You Happy? Local Economic Development in Northern Thailand

<p>Thailand has had a long history of economic development. In recent years, Thailand began to focus on economic development initiatives a local level. The implementation process has been slow, but the introduction of social enterprise programs has proven a promising strategy in local economic development. Successful examples of economic development can be found in Thailand wherein this paper argues through collaboration between government agencies and local communities lies the key to success.</p> <p>Qualitative techniques including a two months of fieldwork in Thailand, first hand observations, and appreciative inquiry interviews are used to analyze economic development initiatives in the communities of the Phrae province in Northern Thailand.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Sorensen, Katherine

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mark M. Miller
• David Cochran
• Chad Miller

• Phrae
• local economic development
• development initiatives
• social enterprise
• Asian Studies
• Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Growth and Development
• Human Geography
• International Economics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/645

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1696