Thailand AERA Annual Activities Report, October 2002 - September 2003. Accelerated Economic Recovery in Asia. A US Government Funded Program through the US Agency for International Development (USAID)

摘要

This report covers the fourth year of the Thailand portion of the USAID program Accelerating Economic Recovery in Asia during Fiscal Year 2003. With an economic recovery from the economic crisis of the late 1990s well underway, one part of USAID's objectives in Thailand were accomplished. A second objective, however, was becoming more important: strengthening and reforming practices and institutions so Thailand would be less likely to slip again into the kind of crisis that began in 1997. This objective was part of the AERA program from the beginning, but it came to the fore in 2002-2003. There were two main mechanisms for the Thailand program to work towards this objective: training and establishing higher standards of business. The Business Advisory Center increased its training activities$ the education program was stepped up$ the Bank Training Program completed most of its training.