REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL SPECIALIZATION UNDER DECENTRALIZATION POLICY IN THAILAND

One of the causes of income disparity was spatial concentration of economic activities particularly manufacturing sector. In general for industrial specialization analysis during 2001-09, it is revealed that the major concentration of the country’s industrial development had taken place in Bangkok and neighboring provinces It can be concluded that the industrial decentralization and regional development policies of Thailand still need to be improvedparticularly for promoting industrial development in the country’s remote areas for reduced regional inequality.