Sustainable Social Development Based on Local Wisdom

Abstract

        Sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom consists of: (1) sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom in poverty eradication, whereby the government sector applies local wisdom to address poverty, focusing on developing people for collective goals and using resources in a balanced manner; (2) sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom in hunger eradication, focusing on promoting local agricultural wisdom to support food security, promoting
food wisdom, food security, and local community occupations; (3) sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom in health and well-being, whereby the government sector promotes folk medicine,
Thai traditional medicine, and alternative medicine through local health wisdom; (4) sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom in equal education, whereby the government sector promotes equitable education, sets academic curricula to promote occupations for the poor, and facilitates learning of each locality’s existing local wisdom-especially wisdom from local sages-to develop creative products for sale to generate income, and to pass on knowledge, life skills, and abilities from generation
to generation; and (5) sustainable social development based on Thai local wisdom in gender equality, whereby the government has a plan to drive the promotion of gender equality, to promote knowledge, understanding, and
awareness of its importance, leading to values, culture, behavior, and practices that create gender equality, and to adjust the attitudes of both women and men.