A few weeks ago I posted comment by Charles Keyes on Sondhi Limthongkul’s presentation in Seattle. Keyes’ comment was first circulated on the Thailand-Laos-Cambodia (TLC) email list. In response to comment on that list Mike Montesano made the following contribution:
Whatever one’s views of Thaksin or the putsch that has, at least for the present, ended [...]
Pro-poor programs
December 11th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 11 Comments
Tags: Coup · Thailand · Thaksin
Civility and savagery at the borderline
December 11th, 2006 by Antonella Diana, Guest Contributor · 1 Comment
Lao Akha women from Muang Sing in north-western Laos cross the border into China on a daily basis to sell non-timber forest products at local markets and buy consumption goods to take back home. This picture, taken at the main market in Meng Man, a Chinese town near the international border with Laos, features the [...]
Tags: China · Focus on Laos · Laos · Trans-Border Issues
Products in tandem!
December 11th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
The Surayud regime now seems interested in supporting OTOP, but with some interesting new twists. Todays Nation reports:
Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras has been inspired to revamp and rename the country’s one-tambon-one-product (OTOP) scheme. Kosit visited Japan and met the “hero” of its one-village-one-product movement. “I have learned new things,” Kosit said after hearing from Morihiko [...]
Tags: Surayud regime · Thailand
Dirty deals in Tonle Sap
December 11th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · Add a Comment
New Mandala reader Joe Hill has provided this brief account of increasing pollution in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap. Given the regional ecological significance of this massive lake, and its crucial role in local livelihoods, his account is cause for significant concern.
Pollution of the lake is becoming an increasingly serious problem. There is the problem of [...]
Tags: Cambodia