The Road to Universality

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter maps the role of advocacy and evidence in driving the Royal Thai Government’s (RTG’s) initial adoption of an unconditional child support grant (CSG) and its progressively realized path to near universalism. The chapter begins with a historical review of the role of national stakeholders, international organizations, and national and international research institutions in supporting a multi-year process of evidence-building and policy advocacy that led to the government’s decision in May 2015 to begin implementing a new national-scale program within a record-breaking four-month period. The chapter then chronicles the interplay of advocacy and evidence to continuously influence the progressive expansion of the program over a five-year period. These early efforts aligned the CSG initiative with the RTG’s core development agenda, building the broad stakeholder support required for policy innovation. The complex multi-stakeholder arrangement increased the institutional challenges while consolidating broad ownership of the research process and expanding available resources. The chapter documents the vital role that civil society institutions played in advocating for this expansion. The results of the medium-term evaluation documented the CSG’s impact on improving feeding practices, health service access, nutritional outcomes, and women’s empowerment. The continued success of the grant built the foundation of policy support leading to the government’s decision in 2020 to leverage CSG and other cash transfer systems to deliver expanded benefits to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to announce further steps toward universalism. The chapter assesses the government of Thailand’s ongoing commitment to evidence-informed program expansions.
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Authors Somchai Jitsuchon, Christina Popivanova, Michael Samson, Preksha Golchha
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0010
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0010
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