CASE STUDY ON EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
FOR HILL TRIBES IN NORTHERN THAILAND

Implications for sustainable rural development

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok
Thailand 2002

RAP publication 2002/05

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 Purpose of the research

1.2 Methodology

1.3 Hill tribes in Thailand - general background

2 GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SUPPORT PROGRAMMES

2.1 Government policies

2.1.1 The national economic and social development plans