Poor Thai elderly receive higher social assistance benefits
Poor elderly people in Thailand will receive a higher contribution for their living expenses, the monthly allowance will increase from 600 baht to a maximum of 1.500 baht per month. Government spokesman Sansern said that the government wants to help the elderly because of the rising costs.
Thailand: Large income differences between rich and poor
After Russia and India, Thailand is the third country in the world with the largest income gap between rich and poor, according to an Oxfam report.
The monthly old-age provision will increase by 100 baht per month. According to Director General Krisada of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), this is necessary. The current benefits, which start from 600 baht per month, are too low for a reasonable standard of living.
Income gap between rich and poor in Thailand is huge
Thailand takes an embarrassing third place on Credit Suisse's 2016 Global Wealth Report. The gap between poor and is almost nowhere in the world as large as in Thailand. For example, 1 percent of all Thais own 58 percent of the wealth in the country.
As a New Year's gift, the Thai government will compensate the minima for water and electricity this year.
Statement of the week: 'Poverty is not caused by personal failure, but by social factors!'
This week Tino comes up with the following proposition: Poverty has much less to do with personal failure and much more with general social factors! Respond and tell why you agree or disagree with the statement.
Feeling ashamed with a good glass of wine
One of my favorite restaurants in Pattaya is definitely Louis in Soi 31 on Naklua Road. It's just a small restaurant tucked away at the end of the unsightly street. Khun Vichai, the owner, is an attentive and friendly host with a cook in the kitchen who knows her trade.
Fear of water? Then to the Philippines
Jo Jongen wanted to avoid the Songkran water festival and headed for the Philippines. Once there, he found a lot of poverty.
Shocking data on income inequality
The Thai prime minister earns 9.000 times as much as a middle-income Thai. In India that ratio is 2.000:1 and in the Philippines 600:1. A recent report on income inequality in Thailand contains shocking figures.
The poor in Thailand pay relatively high taxes
You often hear that most people in Thailand do not pay taxes and the poorest certainly do not. That is a misconception, everyone pays taxes and the poor proportionally more.
Waking up every day with a radiant sunshine, good food, beautiful ladies, what more could a man want? But is it all roses and moonshine in the Land of Smiles? No, because there is indeed poverty among expats.
Due to a lack of resources and facilities in rural areas, more and more Thais are at risk of sinking into deep poverty, warned Mr. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Secretary General of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB).
The elderly bear the burden in aging Thailand
Thailand is unprepared to care for its rapidly aging population, says demographer Pramote Prasartkul, of Mahidol University's Institute for Population and Social Research.
News from Thailand – March 16, 2012
The first 18 female traffic police officers, who took office in January, have done so well that the Bangkok Municipal Police will recruit another 100 female traffic officers.
Open letter to Mrs. Yingluck Shinawatra
Next week you and an entire government delegation will visit the areas affected by the flood. Among others, visits are planned to Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Lopburi and Ayutthaya.
Why do Thai farmers remain poor?
Why is the Thai farmer still in bad shape, despite the fact that Thailand has long been the world's largest exporter of rice?
Family planning in Thailand
Thailand currently has a population growth of 0.57% per year and that is a good number. Although it is higher than in most European countries – for example, the Netherlands has a population growth of 0.37% – but the surrounding countries are higher than Thailand. Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam are just above 1% and an outlier is the Philippines with a population growth of close to 2%. To put it another way is…