Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council

Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council
สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ
Agency overview
Formed1972[1]
Preceding agencies
  • National Economic Council (NEC) (1950)
  • National Economic Development Council (NEDC) (1959)
  • National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) (1972)
JurisdictionKingdom of Thailand
HeadquartersBangkok, Thailand
Employees600[2]: 11 
Annual budget609.7 million baht (FY2019)
Agency executives
  • Sanit Aksornkoae, Chairman
  • Danucha Pichayanan, Secretary-General
Parent agencyOffice of the Prime Minister
WebsiteOfficial website

The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (Thai: สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ), also known as NESDC (Thai: สภาพัฒน์), is a national economic planning agency of Thailand. It is a government department reporting directly to the Office of the Prime Minister. The NESDC maintains four regional offices in Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Songkhla, and Nonthaburi.[2]: 20  Sanit Aksornkoae, Chairman of the NESDC,[3] stated that in 2018 the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) underwent a major revamp, including being officially renamed the NESDC.[4] The NESDC's Secretary-General is Thosaporn Sirisamphand, appointed 4 July 2018.[5][6] Its FY2019 budget is 609.7 million baht.[7]

  1. ^ "History and Role of NESDB". National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board" (Brochure). National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ Theparat, Chatrudee (7 September 2019). "Seeing the (mangrove) forest for the trees". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. ^ Theparat, Chatrudee (30 July 2019). "NESDC's new "driver" details approach to progress". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  5. ^ "NESDB Executives". National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ Theparat, Chatrudee (14 August 2018). "Steering the NESDB through transition". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019". Bureau of the Budget. p. 84. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-12-08.

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