[English Subtitles] กระทิง เรืองโรจน์ พูนผล Startup Godfather เมืองไทย : PERSPECTIVE [10 ม.ค. 64]

This week on PERSPECTIVE, meet Ruangroj Krating Poonphol, The Godfather of Thai Startups. He was one of the top executives at a global organization like Google. He also worked as a Fintech advisor to a leading Thai bank. Currently, he is the chairman of Kasikorn Business-Technology Group. His life took a turn when he quit his job and pioneered the startup ecosystem in Thailand. He aims to develop our nation using technology, so he founded 500 TukTuks funds. His objective is to support new promising seed-stage startup businesses in Thailand. So they could compete on the world's stage and develop and enhance our startup ecosystem simultaneously. Tune in to update yourself on the startup trend to see who will survive the continual disruption.

2019 International Innovation Scorecard

What did Thailand do right?

Thailand has relatively low corporate and individual marginal tax rates and ranks well above similarly-sized countries in the ease of starting a business. Also, the nation boasts access to improved drinking water sources for the vast majority of its population.

What can Thailand do better?

Thailand could lay legal groundwork and support self-driving vehicle development, an area where the country currently lags behind almost every other nation on the Scorecard. The country can increase its proportion of highly-skilled workers and dramatically increase its R&D spending, which is currently just 0.60 percent of its GDP.

Modest Innovator Thailand 

Source: Consumer Technology Association

Public seminar on “Resurgent East Asia: Adapting to New Realities” co-hosted by the World Bank Group and TDRI

Public seminar on “Resurgent East Asia: Adapting to New Realities” co-hosted by the World Bank Group and TDRI on Tuesday December 11th, 2019 at the Thailand Development Research Institute

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Presentation on “A Resurgent East Asia: Adapting to New Realities”

(Presentation file for download : https://bit.ly/2Qn3tvz)

by Dr. Andrew Mason

Lead Economist, World Bank

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Presentation on "Positioning Thailand in a Resurgent Asia"

(Presentation file for download : https://bit.ly/2Erq5Vp)

by Dr. Deunden Nikomborirak

Research Director for Good Regulatory Policy, TDRI

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At the seminar, the authors of the report from the World Bank Group will present the key findings of the World Bank Group’s latest report, “ Resurgent East Asia: Navigating a Changing World”. The report discusses how middle income countries in East Asia will need to adapt their development models to support their growth and development in the face of new global challenges such as changes in global trade patterns and rapid technological shifts and of country-specific circumstances. After the report presentation, discussants will discuss the implications for Thailand and the region.