Population Policy

The Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan 
(1987-1991). Part II, Chapter 2, p.81-82.

Date:     1987-1991

Source:     Office of the Prime Minister, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok, Thailand

Subject:     population policy, population distribution

WORK PLAN FOR POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

3.  Details of the Work Plan for Population Distribution are as follows:

3.1  Objective

To promote the distribution of the population to correspond to the economic base and to past employment trends which indicate a transition from rural to urban conditions.

3.2  Guidelines

1. Continue to emphasize the development of Bangkok Metropolis and its vicinity towns which remain the largest economic and employment base of the country. The stress will be placed on improving the quality of life for low-income people living in slums.
   
   

2. Develop urban growth centres in provincial regions as the social and economic focus of each region. They will be able to support the activities decentralized from Bangkok and its vicinity towns, accommodate people migrating from rural areas and, in the future, serve as regional government administration centres.
   
   

3. Develop the Eastern Seaborad Sub-region and other areas, such as the Upper South and Songkhla Lake Basin, into new economic zones for future population distribution.
   
   

4. Extend development to rural areas and improve the quality of life there through the acceleration of rural development activities. Local identity will be promoted to in-culcate a sense of pride and belonging in the people and motivate them to try to develop their own locality.

3.3  Measures

Detailed measures conforming to the guidelines on population distribution are included in the Programme for Development of Urban and Specific Areas and in the Programme for Rural Development.