Legal Measures for the Provision and Subsidization of Cooperatives in Local Administrative Organizations
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The objective of this research paper is to study the needs and necessities, problems, obstacles and appropriate legal measures to draft and assess the draft legal measures for establishing cooperatives and supporting existing cooperatives in the jurisdictions of the local administration organizations. Using the qualitative research model in principle, the researchers performed the document research and focus group discussions, consisting of 6 people. The data analysis was conducted by using content analysis techniques. As additional means, the qualitative research results was supplemented by the quantitative research by means of data collection using a questionnaire of 93 people. Data analysis was performed by using descriptive statistics namely, percentage and standard deviation.
The results of the research showed that representatives from most local government administrative organizations viewed in the same direction that cooperative provision and subsidies are highly important for and necessary to the community. And at present, Thailand does not have legal measures to provide and subsidize cooperatives in the scope of local administrative organizations which could lead to concrete and appropriate practices. Therefore, from the drafting and evaluation of the drafted law, which would cause local administrative organizations being concretely established and a community funds for community development would be raised in accordance with the local administration philosophy.
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