Chris Baker (writer)

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Christopher John Baker (born 1948) is a Thailand-based British writer who has made his home in Bangkok for more than 20 years.^[1] He is the co-author of A History of Thailand, Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand, Thailand's Boom and Bust, and Thailand's Crisis, all written with his wife, Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit.^[2] He was the principal writer of the United Nations Development Programme's Thailand Human Development Report 2007: Sufficiency Economy and Human Development, which praised King Bhumibol Adulyadej's self-sufficient economy theory.

References

↑ Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit. A History of Thailand. Cambridge University Press. Back cover. ISBN 0-521-81615-7.
↑ Simon Long, "The Best Books," The Economist, May 18, 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/16155881

External links

The Nation, Sufficiency approach vital in globalised times, 11 January 2007
Thailand Human Development Report 2007: Sufficiency Economy and Human Development

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Name	Baker, Chris
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