1. Introduction
Table 1. Thailand: Demographic and Economic Indicators: 1980, 1999 = 15
2. Thai Migration Policy = 16
Table 2. Thai Cabinet Decisions on Migrants: 1992-2001 = 19
Table 2.1. Thai Migrant Registration: 2001 and 2002 = 24
Table 2.2. Migrants Registered, September-October 2001= 26
3. Migrants and Labour Markets = 27
3.1 Macro = 27
Table 3. Population and Labour Force: 2000 = 29
Table 4. Legal and Other Foreign Workers in Thailand: 1994-2000 = 30
3.1.1 Labour Shortage Studies = 31
Table 5. Labour Shortages in Thailand, 50 Provinces:2000 and 2003-05 = 31
Table 6. Opinions on Appropriate Daily Wages (Baht/day in 2000) = 33
Table 7. Thai Labour Force, November 2000 and Migrants, September 2001 = 34
Table 8. Employer-reported Shortages, Need for Migrants, MOLSW Estimates = 35
3.2 Micro Case Studies = 37
3.2.1 Agriculture . TDRI = 38
Table 9. Thai Farm Sales and Exports, 1998 = 39
3.2.1.1 Tak Fruits and Vegetables = 40
3.2.1.2 Kanchanaburi Sugarcane = 41
3.2.1.3 Nakhon Pathom/Lop Buri Hogs = 41
3.2.2 Fisheries and Fish Processing . ARCM = 42
3.2.3 Construction . ARCM = 44
3.2.4 Garments . IPSR = 45
3.2.5 Housemaids . TDRI = 48
4. Migrant Integration = 49
5. Conclusions and Best Practice Recommendations = 50
Bibliography = 53
Appendix 1: Case Study Summaries = 56
Appendix 2: September 22, 2001 Field Trip = 59
Appendix 3: Thai Migrants Abroad = 63
Appendix 4: Migrants Registered by Province, September-October 2001 = 65
Appendix 5: ARCM Labour Shortage Study, 2000 = 70
Table 1. Thailand: Demographic and Economic Indicators: 1980, 1999 = 15
2. Thai Migration Policy = 16
Table 2. Thai Cabinet Decisions on Migrants: 1992-2001 = 19
Table 2.1. Thai Migrant Registration: 2001 and 2002 = 24
Table 2.2. Migrants Registered, September-October 2001= 26
3. Migrants and Labour Markets = 27
3.1 Macro = 27
Table 3. Population and Labour Force: 2000 = 29
Table 4. Legal and Other Foreign Workers in Thailand: 1994-2000 = 30
3.1.1 Labour Shortage Studies = 31
Table 5. Labour Shortages in Thailand, 50 Provinces:2000 and 2003-05 = 31
Table 6. Opinions on Appropriate Daily Wages (Baht/day in 2000) = 33
Table 7. Thai Labour Force, November 2000 and Migrants, September 2001 = 34
Table 8. Employer-reported Shortages, Need for Migrants, MOLSW Estimates = 35
3.2 Micro Case Studies = 37
3.2.1 Agriculture . TDRI = 38
Table 9. Thai Farm Sales and Exports, 1998 = 39
3.2.1.1 Tak Fruits and Vegetables = 40
3.2.1.2 Kanchanaburi Sugarcane = 41
3.2.1.3 Nakhon Pathom/Lop Buri Hogs = 41
3.2.2 Fisheries and Fish Processing . ARCM = 42
3.2.3 Construction . ARCM = 44
3.2.4 Garments . IPSR = 45
3.2.5 Housemaids . TDRI = 48
4. Migrant Integration = 49
5. Conclusions and Best Practice Recommendations = 50
Bibliography = 53
Appendix 1: Case Study Summaries = 56
Appendix 2: September 22, 2001 Field Trip = 59
Appendix 3: Thai Migrants Abroad = 63
Appendix 4: Migrants Registered by Province, September-October 2001 = 65
Appendix 5: ARCM Labour Shortage Study, 2000 = 70