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“ประเทศไทยในอนาคต Future Thailand : มิติที่ 2 สังคม ชนบท ท้องถิ่น” โดย สถาบันพระปกเกล้า

From the research, there are four reasons why a sustainable and balanced society is
desirable and suitable for Thai society in the future.

1) Building socio-economic stability in Thailand must be done from the ground level.
In a sense, rural society must become a society with economic and social stability.

2) A sustainable and balanced society has highly feasible approaches and measures if
all sectors of society work together to drive policy and measures proposed by the
research team. Importantly, these policy suggestion and measurements involve the

implementation of principles in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of
the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560, Chapter 6 on the Directive Principles of State

Policies, Section 75. Section 75, which states that:

“The State should organize an economic system which provides

opportunities for the people to all together benefit from the economic
growth in a comprehensive, fair and sustainable manner and to be self-
reliant in accordance with the philosophy of sufficiency economy, should

eliminate unfair economic monopoly, and should develop economic
competitiveness of the people and the country.

The State shall refrain from engagement in an enterprise in competition with
the private sector, except in cases of necessity for the purpose of

maintaining the security of the State, preserving common interests, providing
public utilities or providing public services.

The State shall promote, support, protect and stabilize the system of various
types of co-operatives, and small and medium enterprises of the people and
communities.

In developing the country, the State should have due regard to the balance
between the development of material and development of mind, as well as

the well-being of the people.”
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If considering the essence of the constitution in this section, it can be seen that a
sustainable and balanced society includes elements according to the spirit of Article 75.

3) Policy suggestions and measures to encourage rural society into a sustainable and
balanced society will lead to Thailand becoming stable, prosperous, and sustainable

in line with the goals of the national strategy. The creation of stability, prosperity,

3 The Council of State, N.d., The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand

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