the incidence of poverty declined from 52
percent of the population in 1962/63 and 34 percent in
1968/69 to 25 percent in 1975/76 (World Bank 1980,
62).7 Income disparity, measured by the incidence of
poverty, between Bangkok and the Central region and
the other regions improved. In 1975/76 the incidence of
poverty in Bangkok and the Central region was 9
percent and 12 percent respectively compared with 36