## Reinvigorating Thailand’s Structural Transformation: Thailand

_Selected Issues Papers, February 20, 2026_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Armita Behboodi, Seunghwan Kim
- Published: February 20, 2026
- Series: Selected Issues Papers
- Volume: 2026
- Issue: 012
- Pages: 19
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229039246.018
- Stock No: SIPEA2026012
- ISBN: 9798229039246
- ISSN: 2958-7875

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### Summary
- Reviews Thailand’s progress in structural transformation and its recent slowdown.
- Examines the empirical drivers of structural transformation and quantifies their contributions.
- Objective: informing policies to reinvigorate the process.

### Authors and Publication Date
- By Armita Behboodi, Seunghwan Kim
- February 20, 2026

### Subject Areas and Keywords
- Subject: Economic growth, Employment, Labor, Labor productivity, Production, Productivity, Structural transformation
- Keywords: East Asia, Employment, employment share, Global, IMF country, IMF staff, issues paper, Labor productivity, Productivity, Sectoral labor reallocation, Seunghwan Kim, Structural transformation

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