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Following the [[Neolithic Revolution]], society in the area evolved from [[Hunting and gathering society|hunting and gathering]], through phases of ''agro-cities'', and into [[state religion|state-religious]] [[empire]]s.
From about 1000 CE, Tai wet [[glutinous rice]] culture determined [[Local government|administrative]] [[hierarchy|structures]] in a [[pragmatism|pragmatic]] society that regularly produced a
Agricultural developments have meant that since the 1960s [[unemployment]] has fallen from over 60 percent to under 10 percent in the early-2000s.<ref name=ODI>{{cite book|last1=Leturque|first1=Henri|last2=Wiggins|first2=Steve|title=Thailand's progress in agriculture: Transition and sustained productivity growth|date=2011|publisher=Overseas Development Institute|location=London|url=http://www.odi.org/publications/5108-thailand-agriculture-growth-development-progress#downloads}}</ref> In the same period food prices halved, hunger decreased (from 2.55 million households in 1988 to 418,000 in 2007) and child [[malnutrition]] was reduced (from 17 percent in 1987 to seven percent in 2006).<ref name=ODI/> This has been achieved through a strong state role in ensuring investment in [[infrastructure]], [[education]], and access to credit and successful private initiatives in the [[agribusiness]] sector.<ref name=ODI/> This has supported Thailand's transition to an industrialised economy.<ref name=ODI/>
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