NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND PLANNING PROJECT

PROTECT FOCUSES ON EDUCATIONAL UPGRADING OF STAFF AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNIQUES AND EMPHASIS IN FORMULATING DEVELOPMENT PLANS: (1) U.S. PARTICIPANT AND ON-JOB TRAINING INSTITUTED. (2) IMPROVED OVERALL PLANNING USING NEW TECHNIQUES AND GREATER EMPLOYMENT OF ECONOMIC DATA. (3) IMPROVED AND EXTENDED REGIONAL/CHANGWAT PLANNING. CHANGWAT PLANNERS COURSE ESTABLISHED. (4) DEVELOPED WORKABLE SYSTEM OF CAPITAL BUDGETING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND METHODOLOGY FOR FARM TO MARKET ROAD EVALUATION. (5) SHIFTED EMPHASIS IN URBAN PLANNING FROM PIECEMEAL APPROACH TO COMPREHENSIVE ONE. DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN SECTION OF THE SOCIAL PROJECTS DIVISION WITHIN NEDB. (6) INTER-INDUSTRY TABLE (PROVIDING DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR) CONSTRUCTED BY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS DIVISION. (7) INCREASED FLOW OF STATISTICAL DATA FROM NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE. AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BASELINE DATA EMPHASIZED. (8) INDUSTRIAL PLANNING ADVANCED WITH STUDIES OF CRITICAL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. (9) IMPROVED PREPAREDNESS PLANNING. (10) EXPANDED NEDB LIBRARY TO INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTATION CENTER. EVALUATION GROUP ESTABLISHED TO REPORT PROJECT PROGRESS. PAST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEDB PROVIDED FIRST BY IBRD (WORLD BANK) AND LATER BY AID. 3 NATIONAL PLANS, 4 ANNUAL PLANS, AND SEVERAL PROVINCIAL PLANS HAVE BEEN PREPARED. IBRD TEAM ASSOCIATED WITH FIRST PLAN. AID SUPPLIED ADVISORS FOR SECOND AND THIRD PLANS. ADVISORS FROM FAO, ILO, AND POPULATION COUNCIL ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THIRD PLAN. REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORT IN NORTH THAILAND SUPPORTED BY UNDP. ADDISTIONAL SHORT-TERM ADVISORS SUPPLIED BY AID AND UN ON SPECIAL MATTERS (MANPOWER AND EMERGENCY PLANNING).