Thailand is predominantly a free market economy with the private sector generating of the economic activity.
Public sector involvement has been instrumental in providing a framework for the economy's regulation and expansion.
The goverment's major contribution to economic growth has been to provide economic and social service most notably to build highways, irrigation, private investments, export businesses and agricultural enterprises.
Thai government obtained funding assistance from USAID in an effort to revitalize the economy through TCI project, which aimed to expand competitiveness and cluster development. thailand is already quite competitive relative to several asian economies; however, thai industries must reposition themselves in the face of global competition, and from cluster that create higher-value added product in order to "leapfrog" over competing product from cheap-labor country