Preface
The first global Human Development Report was published in 1990 with the single goal of putting people at the centre of the global development debate. Every year since, these reports have addressed global challenges from a people-centred perspective, with a very simple message: Human development is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about people. It is about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and live long, healthy, productive and creative lives in accord with their needs, cultures and interests.
People are the real wealth of nations. Development is thus about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that they value. And it is about much more than economic growth, which is only a means – if a very important one – of enlarging people’s choices.
As of today, over 400 national human development reports have been produced in 135 countries. These reports are helping to generate lively debates around the policies and actions needed to accelerate human development and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Indeed, they have come to serve as important tools for policy advocacy and dialogue, placing human development at the forefront of national political agendas.
Thailand is no exception. The previous national human development report on Thailand, published in 2003, focused on the theme “Community Empowerment and Human Development”. The report celebrated the extraordinary dynamism of Thailand’s community movements, identified the barriers to greater community empowerment, and proposed changes in policies and institutions to achieve greater participation, social equity, environmental conservation and other key goals.
This new Thailand Human Development Report 2007 is a logical successor to the 2003 volume, but approaches the topic from a very different angle and can lay claim to a very special uniqueness. It presents the development thinking of Thailand’s long-reigning monarch, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. While these ideas have been widely and intensively discussed within Thailand in recent years, and are now adopted as the basis of national government policy, this report is the first attempt to explain these ideas and their application in detail for a wider global audience.
The King’s philosophy of “Sufficiency Economy” has great global relevance during these times of economic uncertainties, global warming and unsustainable use of natural resources. It offers a more balanced and sustainable path of development – a much-needed alternative to the unsustainable road the world is currently travelling down. Advocating economic stability over unbridled growth, it calls for prudent management of the economy, a step-by-step approach to market liberalization and a strengthening of society’s immunity against the negative side effects of globalization.
Like human development, the Sufficiency Economy places humanity at the centre, focuses on well-being rather than wealth, makes sustainability the very core of the thinking, understands the need for human security and concentrates on building people’s capabilities to develop their potential. And it adds a spiritual dimension to human development, reflecting the King’s own character, convictions and sincerity.
Prefaceแรกโลกมนุษย์พัฒนารายงานถูกตีพิมพ์ในปี 1990 ด้วยเป้าหมายเดียวของการทำให้คนที่ศูนย์กลางของการพัฒนาอภิปราย ทุกปีตั้งแต่ เหล่านี้รายงานมี addressed ท้าทายโลกจากศูนย์กลางคนมุมมอง ง่ายมากข้อความ: พัฒนามนุษย์กำลังมากขึ้นกว่าการเพิ่มขึ้นหรือลดลงของรายได้แห่งชาติ มันเป็นคน เป็นการศึกษาเกี่ยวกับการสร้างสภาพแวดล้อมที่คนสามารถพัฒนาศักยภาพของพวกเขา และชีวิตยาว สุขภาพ ผลิต และสร้างสรรค์ในสอดคล้องกับความต้องการของพวกเขา วัฒนธรรม และสนใจคนมีจริงความมั่งคั่งของประชาชาติ พัฒนาเป็นดัง เกี่ยวกับขยายผู้เลือกต้องนำชีวิตที่พวกเขาค่า และมันกำลังเติบโตมากกว่าเศรษฐกิจ ซึ่งเป็นเพียงวิธี – ถ้าหนึ่งสำคัญมาก – ของการขยายตัวของคนวันนี้ รายงานการพัฒนามนุษย์แห่งชาติกว่า 400 ได้ถูกผลิตใน 135 ประเทศ รายงานเหล่านี้จะช่วยสร้างสีสันในการดำเนินนโยบายและการดำเนินการที่จำเป็นต้องเร่งพัฒนาคน และบรรลุเป้าหมายการพัฒนามิลเลนเนียม แน่นอน พวกเขามาเป็นเครื่องมือสำคัญสำหรับนโยบายหลุยและบทสนทนา วางพัฒนามนุษย์จึงวาระทางการเมืองแห่งชาติThailand is no exception. The previous national human development report on Thailand, published in 2003, focused on the theme “Community Empowerment and Human Development”. The report celebrated the extraordinary dynamism of Thailand’s community movements, identified the barriers to greater community empowerment, and proposed changes in policies and institutions to achieve greater participation, social equity, environmental conservation and other key goals.This new Thailand Human Development Report 2007 is a logical successor to the 2003 volume, but approaches the topic from a very different angle and can lay claim to a very special uniqueness. It presents the development thinking of Thailand’s long-reigning monarch, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. While these ideas have been widely and intensively discussed within Thailand in recent years, and are now adopted as the basis of national government policy, this report is the first attempt to explain these ideas and their application in detail for a wider global audience.The King’s philosophy of “Sufficiency Economy” has great global relevance during these times of economic uncertainties, global warming and unsustainable use of natural resources. It offers a more balanced and sustainable path of development – a much-needed alternative to the unsustainable road the world is currently travelling down. Advocating economic stability over unbridled growth, it calls for prudent management of the economy, a step-by-step approach to market liberalization and a strengthening of society’s immunity against the negative side effects of globalization.Like human development, the Sufficiency Economy places humanity at the centre, focuses on well-being rather than wealth, makes sustainability the very core of the thinking, understands the need for human security and concentrates on building people’s capabilities to develop their potential. And it adds a spiritual dimension to human development, reflecting the King’s own character, convictions and sincerity.
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