In Thailand the development of the country has been given high importance since the
past up to the present. Each government has supported the development of the country in
various areas especially the development of local administrations in the provinces to improve
the livelihood of community members. Due to the agricultural-based economy of Thailand in
the past the economic growth was not very high making the achievement of development
goals not as fast as planned. Thailand decided to restructure its economy to become
manufacturing-based, the economy that used to depend heavily on the agricultural sector has
shifted to rely on the manufacturing sector for its output resulting in greater positive
developments in several dimensions (Thongpakdee, 2011). Even though these positive
developments have proceeded rapidly, upon serious investigation, the past development has
been mostly for the overall economy neglecting certain areas and lacking full consideration
of the problems for instance, the focus on high economic growth to the detriment of
imbalance outcomes in several aspects such as unequal income distribution, disappearing and
deterioration of natural resources and the environments, concentration of urban population
migrated from the rural areas, and worsening of values, ethics and morality