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It will be a jointly implemented with USAID, AFRIMS, the Thai Ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization. . The AERA program supports Thai government and private sector efforts to strengthen the economy through technical assistance and training in order to restore the confidence needed to hasten recovery and put in place better practices that will support sustainable development. The program is expected to continue for three years. Richard Hecklinger, US Ambassador to Thailand, and senior representatives from the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID. |
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The sub-committee also recently agreed in principle to set up a Linux Expertise Centre. The center will offer training and consulting services for Linux projects. In addition, the government is also considering supporting the Thai-language Star Office suite. Varavudh, who is also a beta tester of the software, said it is possible that when the program is launched at the end of this year, every government agency will be encouraged to use it. The National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec) is also involved in a project to promote the use of open source software. |
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. The average growth rate between 1970 and 1990 is fairly high at 6. Although official macroeconomic data before 1970 has not yet been updated, it is widely agreed that Thai economy also enjoyed considerable expansion as early as since 1950s. Among high and steady growth, instabilities did occur, however. Like other countries, Thailand has undergone several economic shocks, most of them were transmitted from outside the country but some emerged from the internal factors. |
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. Speaking at the ongoing 2001 Fortune Global Forum in Hong Kong, Thaksin outlined the proposed medium-term economic and social program of putting Thailand back in business. "The most important task of my administration is, first and foremost, to revive confidence and belief in the ability of the government to restore and reinvigorate the Thai economy back to a path of dynamic yet stable and sustained growth," the Thai prime minister said in his keynote speech at the forum. Thailand's recovery will be reinvigorated by new policies to stimulate and maintain sustainable economic growth in the near term between 3. Thaksin said the Thailand government currently must address the fundamental problems of the poor, and eradication of poverty is a major socio-economic policy objective. |
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