PRACHA KOONNATHAMDEE Faculty of Economics Thammasat University Rangsit Center 99 Moo 18 Klong 1 Klong Luang Pathumthani 12121 0-2696-6140, 0-2564-2891 (Fax) 30 Charunsanitwong Rd. Bangkok, 10700 pracha@econ.tu.ac.th ajarn.pracha@gmail.com EDUCATION May 2009: Ph.D. in Natural Resources (Concentration in Natural Resource Economics), Institute of Agriculture, the University of Tennessee, USA Dissertation Title: Essays on Economics of Sustainable Forest Management Adviser: Professor Donald G. Hodges Aug. 2004: Dec. 1998: Master of Arts in Economics (Concentration in Public Finance), Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA Master of Arts in Economics, Thesis Title: The impacts of soybean meal import policy on soybean industry and meat industry: A case study in free trade on soybean meal market. Awarded with The best economic thesis in academic year 1998. Mar. 1996: Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Concentration in Agricultural Economics, Public Finance, and International Economics), Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand, Awarded with Second class honors FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION Natural Resource Economics, Thai Economy, Econometrics, International Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Public Economics RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Fiscal and Administrative Decentralization on Public Services Delivery: A Case of Thailand and Vietnam PUBLICATIONS The impacts of soybean meal import policy on soybean industry and meat industry: A case study in free trade on soybean meal market. Master s Thesis (English Program), Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, 1998. The impacts of soybean meal import policy on soybean industry and meat industry: A case study in free trade on soybean meal market. Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 17, No. 2 (December 1998). Supachit Manapimoke, Pracha Koonnathamdee, and Prakit Tonsopon (eds.) Economic evaluation of environmental impacts on urban and industrial sectors in Thailand paper for THAITREM-98-02, Royal Princess Hotel, Bangkok, 6-12 August 1999. (in Thai) The essential of GMOs. Settasarn. Vol. 13, No. 12 (December 1999) pp. 3-6 (in Thai). GMOs: The fighting of giants and the effects on Thailand. Settasarn. Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 2000) pp. 6-7 (in Thai). 1
The economic impact of the liberalization of soybean meal policy: A case study of Thai soybean meal and meat markets. Paper presented at Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. (February 9, 2000). Economic views of the Bank of Thailand s accounts integrating. (eds.) paper from Thammasat Forum Conference, May 10, 2000 (in Thai). Public debt: The national burden must be corrected. (eds.) paper from Thammasat Forum Conference, June 27, 2000 (in Thai). Should the government build a 10,800 millions baht-worth-silo to support paddy price and lift farmer s income? Economic Monitor. Vol. 8 No. 3 (May-June 2000) pp. 26-32 (in Thai). Sugarcane Irrigation in Production Potential of the Sugar Cane and Sugar Industry Project, Thailand Development Research Institute, (July, 2000). Criticize government s silo project: Do the project help rice farmer? Settasarn. Vol. 14, No. 10 (October 2000) pp. 3-5 (in Thai). Public expenditure review: The important government role could not be forgotten. Settasarn. Vol. 14, No. 12 (December 2000) pp. 1-3 (in Thai). Naka, Peyanoot., Wilaiwan Wannitikul, Pracha Koonnathamdee, and others. Feasibility Studies on Coconut Plam Sugar and Coconut Shell Handicrafts Production and Marketing for Thailand Coconut Based Processing and Livelihood Project. Present to International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, 2001. Yamada, Saburo., Pracha Koonnathamdee, Amornrat Kritsopon, and Sompong Jaengsubin. Changes in Food Consuming Pattern of Bangkok People in Economic Growth, Crisis, and Recovery. 2001 Tosanguan, Vatchareeya., Wilaiwan Wannitikul, and Pracha Koonnathamdee, Thai Economy and the Competition Act B.E. 2542 Paper presented at Royal River Hotel in Symposium of Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. (May 3, 2001) (in thai). What topics that people should concern in telecommunications concessions conversion Manager. (October 17, 2001) pp. 9 (in Thai). Interesting topics in telecommunications concession conversion. Settasarn. Vol. 15, No. 11 (November 2001) pp. 6-7 (in Thai). Tantivasdakarn, Chayun., and others. Data Base System for the National Advisory Council on Economy and Society November 2001 (in Thai). Suspicion in telecommunications concession conversion Krung-thep-tu-ra-kij (Bangkok Business) (December 21, 2001) pp. 17 (in Thai). Witoonchart, Kesinee., and others. Feasibility Study in establishment the Asset Management Company of The State Railway of Thailand. March 2002 (in Thai). Has Public Welfare Crowded Out Other forms of Spending?: A Vector-Autoregression Analysis of State and Local Government Expenditure. Research Paper, Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA, August 2004. Beyond the Forestland Ownership: A Challenge of Sustainable Forest Management in the South. Proceeding Paper the 2008 Southern Forest Economic Workers. Dynamic Patterns in the U.S.-Canada Forest Product Trade. Proceeding Paper the 2008 Southern Forest Economic Workers. Schaffer, Harwood., Pracha Koonnathamdee., Daryll Ray. An economic analysis of the social costs of the industrialized production of pork in the United States. National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production Hodges, Donald G. and Pracha Koonnathamdee., Sustainable Forest Management in Asia: The Role of Governments, Public Policy, and Regional Coordination Paper Presented at the International Conference The Future of Economic Integration in Asia, Imperial Queen s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand November 20-21, 2008. Hodges, Donald G. and Pracha Koonnathamdee., Sustainable Forest Management in Southeast Asia Tropical Forests: Assessing the Role of Decentralized Authority and Community Forestry Proceeding Paper the FORTROP II 2008 Tropical Forest Change in a Changing World. Koonnathamdee, Pracha., "Thailand's Services Sector" Paper Presented at the ADB-PIIE workshop, The Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, USA, May 29-30, 2012. 2
PRESENTATIONS "Thailand's Services Sector" Paper Presented at the ADB-PIIE workshop, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 25, 2012. "Thailand's Services Sector" Paper Presented at the ADB-PIIE workshop, The Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, USA, May 29-30, 2012. Exploring Nonindustrial Private Forest Ownership Objective Categories, Willingness to Harvest Timber, and Interest in Non-Timber Uses. Paper Presented at the 2010 Southern Forest Economic Workers, Pinehurst Resort, Pinehurst, North Carolina March 15-17, 2010. Exploring Nonindustrial Private Forest Ownership Objective Categories, Willingness to Harvest Timber, and Interest in Non-Timber Uses. Paper Presented at Thammasat University Seminar, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand June 29, 2009. Impact and Long-run Multipliers in the U.S.-Canada Forest Product Trade: Implications for Sustainable Forest Management. Paper Presented at the 2009 Southern Forest Economic Workers, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, North Carolina March 8-10, 2009. Challenges of sustainable forest management and policy implementations: by design or by default? Paper Presented at the 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont June 10-14, 2008. Beyond the Forestland Ownership: A Challenge of Sustainable Forest Management in the South. Paper Presented at the 2008 Southern Forest Economic Workers, Hilton Savannah DeSoto, Savannah, Georgia March 9-11, 2008. Dynamic Patterns in the US-Canada Forest Product Trade. Paper Presented at the 2008 Southern Forest Economic Workers, Hilton Savannah DeSoto, Savannah, Georgia March 9-11, 2008. Beyond Cash Register: An Examination of the Full Social and Economic Costs of Industrialized Pork Production. (with Harwood Schaffer) Paper Presented at the 70 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Sheraton Colony Square, Atlanta, Georgia April 11-14, 2007. Assessing Impact of Revenue Shocks on Education Expenditure. Paper Presented at the 11 th Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Educational Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee February 11, 2006. A Vector Autoregression Model of State and Local Government Expenditure. Paper Presented at the University of Tennessee Economics Brown Bag Research Workshop, Department of Economics, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee September 9, 2005. WORK EXPERIENCE May 12 - Present: Assistan Professor Courses undertaken: Intermediate Microeconomics Agricultural Marketing: Price and Policy Freelance Researcher Commissioned by Asian Development Bank (ADB): Thailand's Services Sector May 09 - May 12: Lecturer Courses undertaken: Introduction to Natural Resource and Environmental Economics 3
Agricultural Development Economics Agricultural Marketing: Price and Policy Introduction to Economics Economics of Government Expenditure Seminar in Agricultural Economics International Economics Freelance Researcher Commissioned by Institute for Good Governance Promotion (IGP), responsible for Public Sector Management Quality Awards (PMQA) evaluation in governmental unit (department level) more than 20 units Oct 10- Present: Apr 11-Present: Mar 10- Apr 11: Executive Board Thammasat Property Office, Thammasat University, Thailand Undergraduate Director Executive Board Faculty Representative Sep 09- Present: May 09- Mar 10: Aug 07 May 09: Jan 07 Aug 07: Academic Committees Thammasat University, Thailand Seminar Committee Graduate Research Assistant (to the Director of NRPC, Prof. Donald G. Hodges) Natural Resource Policy Center, the University of Tennessee, USA Graduate Research Assistant (to the Director of APAC, Prof. Daryll E. Ray and Prof. Harwood D. Schaffer) Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, USA May 03 Aug 04: June 99- June 02: Graduate Research Assistant (to the Dean, Prof. Roy Bahl) Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA Lecturer Courses undertaken: Principle of Microeconomics and Principle of Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Economics of Government Revenue Basic Econometrics Researcher Economic Research and Training Center and the TURAC, Thammasat University, Thailand Commissioned by National Economic and Social Development Board: Database System of 13 Industrial Sectors of Thailand 4
Commissioned by National Economics and Social Development Board: The Election of the National Advisory Council on Economy and Society Member Commissioned by The State Railway of Thailand: Feasibility Study in establishment the Asset Management Company of The State Railway of Thailand Freelance Researcher Commissioned by National Economic and Social Development Board, Data processing and analyzing the people opinions questionnaires for Draft Act on the Establishment of the National Advisory Council on Economy and Social B.E. 2543 Commissioned by Prof. Dr. Saburo Yamada, Nihon University, Japan: Monitoring field survey for research paper for The impacts of economic changes on food consuming behavior in Bangkok Commissioned by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) responsibility for the project: Feasibility studies on coconut palm sugar and coconut shell handicrafts production and marketing for Thailand coconut based processing and livelihood project Editor and Co-editor Economic evaluation of environmental impacts on urban and industrial sectors in Thailand, (6-12 August 1999), Co-editor with Dr. Supachit Manapimoke and Prakit Tonsopon. Economic views of the Bank of Thailand s accounts integrating, (May 22, 2000). Public debt: The national burden must be corrected, (July 9, 2000). Student Affair Committee Secretary of Thammasat Forum Committee Dec. 00- June 02: Aug. 00- Nov 02: July 99- Aug. 00: Dec. 98- May 99: Dec. 98: Committee, Local Governance Center, Thammasat University The Thammasat Economic Association Committee Manager The Thammasat Economic Association. Researcher The Sectoral Economics Program, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) Commissioned by Sugar and Sugarcane Board: Sugar and sugarcane industry in Thailand. Part-time translator and interviewer on sugarcane field survey, Uttraradit Province, for Prof. Dr. Staffan Lindberg, Lund University, Sweden. AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Aug 07-May 09: June 08: Aug 07-July 08: Graduate research assistantship awarded by Natural Resource Policy Center and Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, The University of Tennessee. Graduate travel award granted by the Graduate School Senate for graduate and professional students to present work Fellowship awarded by Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE), The University of Tennessee. 5
Jan 07- Aug 07: May 03- Aug 04: July 99: June 96- May 98: June 94- Mar. 96: Graduate research assistantship awarded by Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, The University of Tennessee. Graduate research assistantship awarded by Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. The best economic thesis in academic year 1998 awarded by the Graduated school, Thammasat University. Two years scholarship awarded by Dietham Co., Ltd. Two years academic scholarship awarded by The Sanwa bank Foundation OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINNING Feb. 08: Participants Roundtable of Sustainable Forest: Workshop and Meeting, February 25-28, 2008, Knoxville, TN. Aug. 02: Fellow of Session 401 Euro: Implications for Europe, Implication for the World Salzburg Seminar, August 7-14, 2002, Austria. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture, Tennessee Chapter Xi Sigma Pi, the National Natural Resources Honor Society Southern Forest Economics Workers International Association for Society & Natural Resources Last Update: August 2012 6