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Examining the “success” of a northern Thai Royal Project

September 5th, 2008 by Sai Latt, Guest Contributor · 5 Comments

For about half a century, northern Thailand’s Royal Projects have been a frontier institution transforming the agrarian landscape through various “hill tribe” development schemes. This institution has been established not only through development/humanitarian processes, but also through political processes to the extent that popular (and academic) discourses seem to have been limited to representing the [...]

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Tags: Northern Thailand · Research Notes · Shan State · Sufficiency Economy