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

sustainable and balanced society. The said SDGs goals include 1) no poverty, 3) good health

and well-being, 8) decent work and economic growth, 10) reduced inequalities 12)
responsible consumption and production, 15) life and land, and 16) peace and justice strong
institutions.

The approaches proposed by research teams in chapter 10, the alternatives to the
future, and chapter 9 (section 9.4), guideline for risk reduction for a balanced and

sustainability can be used as a conceptual framework for developing the future of Thailand
through policy mechanism and practice as follows:

1) The guideline presented in this research can be of use for driving the national
strategy in different areas and guiding the approaches toward the achievement of each

strategy’s objectives. The national strategy includes national security, human capital
development and strengthening, and eco-friendly development and growth. As such, the
process of bringing the strategy into actual implementation should prioritize the

empowerment of the locality. Local must become the key player in driving the national
strategy at the local community level by taking the goal and development guideline of

social quality in 4 aspects.

2) The scenario of a sustainable and balanced society should be used to determine

the framework and direction of the long-term national development for the next 20 years,
both the national economic and social development plan and the national reform plan. It
should prioritize the development of social quality in the rural. They might use the

alternative approach to desired society as proposed in the research as a measurement,
pushing for the development.

3) Other than plotting development and problem management strategy in the short
term of 3-5 years, rural society in the long-term of 15-20 years should also be put into

consideration when drafting the provincial strategy. The image of rural society from different
scenario proposed in this research can be used as data for analysing the goal of long-term
development. Its emphasis on the participation of the rural community in determining the

development strategy, especially in the area of 4 areas of social quality.

2) Suggestion for the drive of national development from the bottom level

There should be a paradigm shift from bureaucratic mechanism to the bottom-up
approach in driving the national strategy and national reform plan. The public sector should

reduce its role from being the operators to supporter and facilitator to the community. In
this regard, the bottom-up approach could use the guideline of the sustainable and

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