1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION
2.1 An Overview
2.2 Scope of Research
2.3 Related Literature
2.4 Study Method
2.4.1 Sources of data
2.4.2 Data collection
2.5 Duration
3. SOCIAL IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
3.1 General impact of the economic crisis on rural communities
3.1.1 Unemployment Surge and Reverse Migration
3.1.2 Indebtedness and loss of income
3.1.3 Social/mental stress
3.1.4 Stress on agriculture and natural resources
3.2 Impact on vulnerable groups
3.2.1 Children and youth
3.2.2 The Elderly
3.3 Impact on Lao migrant workers and child trafficking
4. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE PROVINCES
4.1 Unemployment survey
4.2 Training needs assessment and agricultural training
4.3 Vocational training and job placement
5. INTERNATIONAL NGOs IN KHON KAEN AND NONG KHAI
5.1 Plan International
5.2 Save the Children Japan
6. CASE STUDIES
6.1 Education Project
6.2 Family in Crisis
6.3 Child in Crisis
7. INVENTORY OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN ON THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THAILAND BY KEY AGENCIES
7.1 International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour/ International Labour Office (IPEC/ILO)
7.2 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
7.3 Child Workers in Asia (CWA)
7.4 National Council for Child and Youth Development (NCYD)
7.5 Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW)
7.6 Focus on the Global South (FOCUS)
7.7 Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University (CUSRI)
8. SUMMARY OF STUDY/RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AND/OR PLANNED BY KEY AGENCIES
8.1 Research/Study (undertaken/finished)
8.2 Research/Study (on-going or planned)
8.3 Research gaps on impacts on children
9. PLANS TO REALITY
10. RECOMMENDATIONS

This brieding paper presents the main findings and outcomes of the two phase - first being the economic crisis in Thailand in 1998 - April-May and the second done during June-August 1998. It is marked with information and analysis that is based on the Thai people's life experiences in bearing the burden if the crisis and developing appropriate coping mechanisms

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