The Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1987-1991)

The principal goals of the Sixth Plan are to raise national development to a level that will enable the country to progress and prosper in the future and to solve the economic and so­cial problems that have accumulated over the past. The achievement of these goals will allow the Thai people to enjoy improvements in income, quality of life and state of mind. The main issue of the Sixth Plan, therefore, is to raise the level of national development in order that the eco­nomic growth rate may be higher than that achieved during the period of the Fifth Plan. Devel­opment will have to take into account both the rate and the characteristics of economic growth; it must not jeopardize the security and stability of the country's fiscal and monetary condition. Furthermore there has to be an increase in employment and in appropriate distribution of in­come. The deterioration of natural resources and the environment, strengthening of justice and development of the quality of life of the Thai people in general will also have·to be taken into consideration.