Local Administration and Politics Thailand
Democracy
National Democracy
Local Democracy
Basic Theory of Local Government
Liberty•Freedom•Development•Equality•Efficiency•Welfare
Necessity of Local Government
•Distribution of development•Political Basis: self governing•Governing according to the local needs•Political Participation
Thailand Administrative Structure
Central Administration
20 Ministries•127 Departments
Provincial Administration
76 provinces•927 districts•7,409 Tambon(subdistricts)•74,911 villages
Local Administration
Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO)•Municipalities•TambonAdministrative Organizations (TAO)•Bangkok Metropolitan
Local Administrative Organizations
Established new LAOs•Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAOs)•TambonAdministrative Organizations (TAOs) were established.Promoted Sanitary districts to be TAOs
Decentralization 1997
Decentralization 1997
2. Administrative decentralization•Transferring authority and functions–Tax, Infrastructures construction, local laws•More autonomy–Budgeting,planning
3. Political Power Decentralization•Elections in all local administrative organizations