Strengthening Capacity to Promote Gender-Responsive Investments in the Provision of Decent Care Services in Thailand (The Care Economy Project)

Strengthening Capacity to Promote Gender-Responsive Investments in the Provision of Decent Care Services in Thailand (The Care Economy Project)

31 August 2022
Research Project

Principal Investigator: Bhubate Samutachak

Project Period: June – November 2022

Objectives

  1. Undertake a literature review on existing national policy frameworks, strategies, action plans or any other mechanisms underway directly or indirectly related to the implementation of childcare and long-term care services and policies in Thailand.These should also include, for example, any care services for persons with disabilities relating to childcare and long-term care.
  2. From the desk review, also identify 3-4 good practice or example of accessible professional and sustainable provision of childrencare or long-term care services in Thailand that can be described in small text boxes within the Country Brief
  3. Based on the information already processedb y the ILO (which correspondst o the informationp ublishedi n ILO 2018 following the methodsl aid out in Ipek Ilkkaracana nd Kijong Kim 20193a sw ell ast he ILO 2022, Carea t work report4)a, nd in consultationw ith ILO constituentsa nd otherr elevants takeholdersd,e velopa countryb rief and recommend andd evelopa methodologyto calculateth e cost-benefiot fa selectn umbero fcare packages or scenariosa t the countryl evel (with a focuso n childcarea nd long-termc are).