Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council

Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council
สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ
Agency overview
Formed1972
Preceding agencies
  • National Economic Council (NEC) (1950)
  • National Economic Development Council (NEDC) (1959)
  • National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) (1972)
HeadquartersBangkok, Thailand
Employees600
Annual budget609.7 million baht (FY2019)
Agency executives
  • Sanit Aksornkoae, Chairman
  • Danucha Pichayanan, Secretary-General
Parent agencyOffice of the Prime Minister
WebsiteOfficial website

The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (Thai: สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ), also known as NESDC (Thai: สภาพัฒน์), is a national economic planning agency of Thailand. It is a government department reporting directly to the Office of the Prime Minister. The NESDC maintains four regional offices in Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Songkhla, and Nonthaburi. Sanit Aksornkoae, Chairman of the NESDC, stated that in 2018 the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) underwent a major revamp, including being officially renamed the NESDC. Its FY2019 budget is 609.7 million baht.

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