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ThedevelopmentunderThailand4.0scheme
will not leave anyone behind. The knowledge,
technology, and innovation are the main driving
forces for stable, prosperous, and sustainable
development.
Inapplying researches from
the universities to develop the
country, the benefit should be
created for wide ranges of
people,not just a small
particular group.
IndrivingThailand 4.0,
notably,knowledge shouldbe
applied tocreate the
practical benefit toagriculturalists
as theyare themainengines
in thedevelopment.
everybodyneeds tocatchupwith thechanges.Externalcircumstances
like global warming, epidemics, disasters, etc., yield impacts on the
economicgrowthandpreventThailand from reaching its full capacity.
Everyonemust beawareof the constant changes. Thegovernment
aims todevelop thecountry tobesecure,prosperousandsustainable,
in thehope to improveThai citizens’well-beingandhavehappiness,
good quality of living and self-reliance.
In order to do so, the government focuses on creating new
economicmodel including business, agriculture, education, towork
towards Thailand 4.0 model. This will help Thailand escapes from
middle-income trap – an economy that heavily relies on labour,
machinery and resource – and shifts into a new value-added and
innovativeeconomy thatbasedonknowledge, technology, creativity,
and innovation. The readjustment of production structure into
