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Abstract

This article aimed to explain the situation of Thailand’s local government in the past decade that there were many constraints in management circumstances. By synthesising 13 independent researches, it was found that the factors concerning the local government management inputs such as budget, management context, the power relationship with central government and the managerial environment were the key factors. Most of the time, local governments did not give much concern in spending the since the budgets they were given by the central government annually, but one thing that needed to be concerned was to spend them carefully under the law and regulations. As for local government management aspects that adapted correspondingly to the context such as 1) the power relationship with the central government, 2) rapid ecological and physical changes that caused management to adapt as it had to be adjusted in accordance. to the environmental risks and crisis, 3) the awareness of citizenship, local cultural community, value of restored local wisdom and power among social groups, and 4) political and/or social conflicts all had certain influences on the management, as they constrained the internal management, negatively affecting the effectiveness in planning and implementation, especially in analysing procurements and budgetary transfers and savings.