TY  - JOUR
T1  - Community Wellbeing Indicator: A Study on a Possibility to
Utilize in the Northeastern Part of Thailand
AU - Weeranakin, Pattaraporn AU - Promphakping, Buapun 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 1336
EP  - 1342
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2017.1336.1342
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.1336.1342
KW  - Development planning and policy
KW  -Community Wellbeing Indicator (CWI)
KW  -expert group meeting
KW  -local government
KW  -Thailand
KW  -local administration
AB  - Currently, an attempt is being made to develop indicators as a tool to efficiently evaluate social
development, especially at the local level where the local government is required to respond to the true needs
of the local community. With the current known facts, this research aims to discover the way to apply a
Community Wellbeing Indicator (CWI) to reflect true development and benefits at the community level. This
study is presenting the results from qualitative approach through an expert group meeting to find the possibility
of integrating a CWI in Northeastern Thailand at a local level. The results showed that data crucial for
developing the CWI should be collected annually after the harvest season from December to March of each
year from government agencies including the Local Administration Organization (LAO) a provincial health
office and a district public health office. The questionnaires should be submitted on behalf of a community, not
by an individual community member or leader. The questionnaire responses should be collected through a
participatory approach and should include 7-10 participants selected from a variety of community members
attending the community assembly to discuss and find a collective answer regarding community wellbeing
issues. The results from expert group meeting to find out the implementation of indicators found that the
possibility of indicator implementation was high. The research suggested that the development of the
Northeaster CWI should be conducted specifically for the best achievement.
ER  -