Guidelines for Enhancing Participation of the Government, Private Sector, and Citizens in the Policy Implementation for Economic Promotion Through Street Food Vendors in Bangkok: A Case Study of Wanglang Area

Abstract

The objective of this research is to examine the strategy for encouraging the involvement of the government, private sector and citizens in Bangkok in implementing a policy to promote the economy through street food vendors. The Wang Lang area has been selected as a case study.   A qualitative research methodology was employed, involving in-depth interviews with the district director, district office officers from the City Police, Environment and Sanitation, and cleaning sections, owners of commercial buildings, the chairman of the Wang Lang Community Cultural Council, officers from the Bangkok Noi Police Station, consumers, and executives from the City Police Department. The latter group included both officers who had implemented the policy and those with a stake in organizing street food in the Wang Lang area, for a total of nine individuals. The study's findings indicated that previous cooperation issues were characterized by a lack of mutual understanding and a lack of cooperation in the same direction. Consequently, the government, in this case represented by the district office officers, is obliged to implement the policies of the Bangkok executives. However, vendors, commercial building owners and the civil society sector all have the aim of conducting business and profiting from it. However, when regulations are issued and enforced with a serious attitude, government officials need to make all sectors understand and find a way to work together to solve the problem in a \way that is fair to all parties.