From the First to the Tenth of Thailand’s national development plans, the development paradigm of national development plans has evolved in the context of global and domestic changes. A significant shift in the country’s development planning has taken place since the Eighth Plan (1997-2001) from a growth-oriented approach to the new model of holistic “people-centered development”. During the Eleventh Plan (2012-2016), Thailand will encounter more complicated domestic and external changes and fluctuations which present both opportunities and threats to national development. Thus, it is necessary to utilize the existing resilience of Thai society and economy, and to prepare both individuals and society as a whole to manage the impacts of such changes and pave the way toward well-balanced development under the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy.