Sufficiency economy is now a notion that pervades numerous aspects of Thai government operation. Sometimes this may signal a real shift in policy but more often, I suspect, it represents a superficial symbol of loyalty to the prevailing wisdom. This proliferation of “sufficiency economy” is obviously of some concern to Kobsak Pootrakool, an analyst from [...]
Sufficiency and the rich
June 4th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 29 Comments
Tags: Sufficiency Economy · Thailand
Probing a painful past
June 4th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 2 Comments
From regular New Mandala reader, Maylee:
Cambodia’s first educational text book dealing with the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge has now been released throughout the country and online. Until now no Khmer Rouge history has been taught in schools. English and Khmer versions are available for download at Documentation Centre of Cambodia [link to English version]. In December [...]
Tags: Cambodia