Poverty, income inequality, and microfinance in Thailand

Type Working Paper - Southeast Asia Working Papers
Title Poverty, income inequality, and microfinance in Thailand
Author(s)
Issue 6
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
URL http://wcm.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/29271/poverty-income-inequality-microfinance-thai​land.pdf
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to provide an assessment of recent
developments in poverty and income inequality in Thailand, synthesize the literature on the key
causes of persistent income inequality, and summarize the government’s programs to address it.
Second, to identify key priority areas for engagement of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in
supporting the government’s poverty reduction efforts. Developing the microfinance sector is
identified as the key priority

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