Townsend Urban Survey

The devaluation of the Thai baht in July 1997 and the unexpected onset of the Asian Financial Crisis led to the realization that with the initial May 1997 benchmark survey, the project was positioned to track the impact of the crisis on households and businesses-to see beneath the macro aggregates, so to speak.

1997年7月泰铢贬值与突如其来的亚洲金融危机，令项目方意识到，依托1997年5月开展的首次基准调查，该项目可用于追踪这场危机对家庭与企业的影响——换言之，即穿透宏观经济总量的表层，洞悉其背后的具体运行状况。