<div>The Thai minimum wage cannot support three people, and therefore does not meet international standards, says a leading research institute.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) states that the Thai minimum wage of 300 baht a day does not meet International Labour Organization (ILO) standards of being sufficient to support three people.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Monday July 6, Yongyuth Chalamwong, labour development research director at TDRI, stated that three-person families in 61 provinces were at risk of dropping below the poverty line s </div>

<p>Experts have urged structural reforms to counter the lack of efficiency of Thai state enterprises, suggesting that a centralised ownership agency of state enterprises with less state control could be a solution. &nbsp;</p> <p>On Tuesday, 30 June 2015, the Faculty of Economics of Thammasat University organized a public forum on “State-owned Enterprise Reform: Methods and Challenges” at Thammasat’s Tha Prachan Campus.</p>

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