Together with the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) and the Government Savings Bank (GSB) and German Sparkassenstiftung for international Cooperation (DSIK) established the project “Supporting the Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Economy in Thailand through Financial Literacy” in August 2017. The project goal is to enable the social & equal economic participation of so-called grassroots people, in particular women and school pupils through financial and ecological education in selected regions of Thailand.
A lack of financial capabilities and economic understanding substantially contributes to poverty, insufficient savings and over-indebtedness, it also impedes that the inhabitants of these regions are able to exploit all economic chances and possibilities.
The project’s target groups are grassroot people (i.e. poorer households) as well as students of GSB-affiliated school banks in ten provinces in the Isaan Region: Nong Khai, Nongbua Lamphu, Sakhon Nakhon, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin, Roi Et, Ubon Ratchathani and Sisaket.