This report is a joint effort of the OECD Economics Department (ECO) and the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). The report was prepared by Jakob Brunnengräber, Filippo Cavassini, Fatima Talidi (ECO), Rudy Verlhac and Ilaria Goretti (STI). Isabell Koske, Deputy Director, Country Studies (ECO) and Jens Lundsgaard, Deputy Director (STI) provided guidance and inputs to the work. Jens Arnold, Peter Gal, Philip Hemmings (ECO), Guy Lalanne and Andrew Green (STI) provided valuable comments on the report. Mathieu Miranda provided organisational support and Sara Gouveia and François Iglesias (ECO) prepared the study for publication. The report has been prepared in the framework of the OECD-Thailand Country Programme. Special thanks to Tiyarat Niamkohphet-Cader, OECD Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate (GRC), for the support received.
The report benefitted from close collaboration, data and insights provided by Thailand. Special thanks go to Arnunchanog Sakondhavat, Director of the Macroeconomic Strategy and Planning Division, Peerapat Tandavanitj, Khemchira Kaitwatcharachai and Wilailuk Poolee and the entire project team from the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council. Valuable comments were also provided by colleagues from the Bank of Thailand, the Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, the National Statistical Office, the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council and the National Research Council in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, the Division of Labour Economics in the Ministry of Labour, the Office of Industrial Economics and the Thailand Productivity Institute in the Ministry of Industry, the Office of Agricultural Economics in the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the Department of Business Development in the Ministry of Commerce, the Fiscal Policy Research Institute and the Revenue Department in the Ministry of Finance.
Special thanks are also extended to Laura Bartiloro, Bank of Italy, Dermot Coates, Irish National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, Kirabo Jackson, formerly United States Council of Economic Advisers, Marie Leclair, French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies and Dan Mawson, United Kingdom’s Department for Business and Trade, who participated and presented country practices and experiences in a virtual study visit with Thai institutions.
An early version of the report was discussed at a seminar jointly organised with the delegates of the OECD Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC) and the OECD Committee for Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). Thanks are extended to the numerous participants for a lively discussion and valuable comments and insights.