ABSTRACT
Prior to the 1960s, Thailand was primarily an agricultural country. The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) in turn, recently estimated that Thailand will need to invest Thai baht (THB) 4.2 trillion in infrastructure projects during the period of 2014-2020 in order to compete in the current global market. One of the consequences is that many PPP projects in Thailand are concentrated in urban and economic areas where demand for services is high, and well-to-do customers can afford the services. This issue has prompted the NESDB to outline in the current national economic plan the need for equality of infrastructure investment distribution between rural and urban areas. As for standardizing organizational structures, Thailand is still in the process of establishing a central organization called the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Central Unit responsible for developing guidelines and standards for further PPP developments and supervising project implementation.
