Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University organized its 43rd Annual Symposium on June 17, 2021, under the theme of “Next Steps for Thailand Sustainability”, which focuses on impact of COVID-19 on society, economy, and the environment and what directions Thailand should take to stay in the path towards the SDGs. Government agencies and international organizations were engaged in a series of dialogue throughout the event.
The four presentations in this symposium were based on research conducted by four main research clusters of the faculty, namely, PRO-Green, ICRC, HIDE, and CRISP. In each session, scholars from other academic institutes and government agencies, namely Institute for Trade and Development (ITD), Population and Society Research Institute, Mahidol University, Faculty of Economics Chulalongkorn University, and Office of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), participated as discussants.
In the last session, a dialogue on the topic of Next Steps for Thailand Sustainability was participated by a representative from the Office of National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), a development economist from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the director of Centre for SDG Research and Support (SDG Move), Faculty of Economics Thammasat University.
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