Richard Yarrow

Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Visiting Fellow, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, Australian National University

Richard Yarrow is a fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting fellow at the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Australian National University. He is the author of Thailand’s Economic Dilemmas in Post-Pandemic Asia (ISEAS, 2022).

Tourists navigate an open air market in Bangkok on 16 October 2023. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP)

Economy

Thailand’s exposure to Northeast Asia’s slowdowns

By Richard Yarrow 01 Nov 2023

World events have not been kind to Thailand’s economic plans. Besides high oil prices and US interest rates, Thailand faces prolonged slowdowns in its Northeast Asian economic partners. The challenges and opportunities are many, and ultimately hinge on stable democratic leadership.