Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024)
Journal Space and Culture, India

Perspective

An Analysis of Thailand’s Social Policies and its Integration with SDG1 “No Poverty” to Achieve Social Inclusion

Published 2024-06-22

  • Mahesh Pandurang Chougule

Mahesh Pandurang Chougule
Lecturer, Social Policy and Development, Faculty of Social Administration, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

From a historical standpoint, this study examines the concept of poverty in Thailand. The researcher employed the content analysis of eleven effective articles for the study. Thailand’s employability, economy, and poverty have improved during the last three decades because of the introduction of democratic and social security. Innovative poverty-eradication programmes such as conditional cash transfers and noncontributory pensions for the elderly and poor have been included in social protection measures. The social protection system has reduced poverty and begun the process of social inclusion. Thailand’s social policies have not only decreased poverty and fostered social inclusion but also entailed Sustainable Development Goal 1 of poverty eradication in the global scenario. The current study details these achievements, and it appears that Thailand has increased its efforts towards inclusive development and poverty eradication through effective social policy design and implementation.

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goal 1, Social Policy in Thailand, Poverty, Social Inclusion, Social Protection

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