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Summary

In 2023 Thailand attracted $3 billion in foreign investment, less than Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia.

World Bank figures and PISA results point the same way: Thai labour quality is slipping while wages rise.

English proficiency is named as a specific and visible obstacle.

Key points

1. 01

   Losing to Cambodia is where you stop reading

   Trailing Singapore can be explained. Trailing Cambodia cannot be explained the same way.

2. 02

   Wages rose faster than skills

   This is the middle-income trap in its most tangible form.

3. 03

   PISA is a leading indicator

   Today’s education quality is the workforce of ten years from now, which makes the figure more urgent than it looks.

4. 04

   English is the fastest of these to fix

   Of all the problems named, this is the one where policy shows results in the shortest time.