▁of ▁schedule , ▁reflect ing ▁Th ailand ' s ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁macro e conom ic ▁and ▁balance - of - pay ments ▁stability . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Th ailand ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁an ▁Econom ic ▁aid ▁recip ient . ▁Instead , ▁Th ailand ▁contributed ▁$ 6 0 ▁million ▁in ▁economic ▁aid ▁to ▁the ▁neighbor ing ▁countries ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁aid ▁history ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁period ▁Th ailand , ▁along ▁with ▁other ▁US ▁al lies ▁such ▁as ▁Camb odia , ▁received ▁considerable ▁amounts ▁of ▁US ▁economic ▁aid ▁and ▁military ▁subs id ies . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁on wards ▁internal ▁problems ▁in ▁My an mar ▁have ▁led ▁to ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁people ▁seeking ▁refuge ▁in ▁Th ailand . ▁Vari ous ▁ag encies , ▁including ▁the ▁European ▁Commission ' s ▁Human itar ian ▁A id ▁department , ▁have ▁helped ▁to ▁assist ▁the ▁disp la ced ▁people . ▁▁ ▁Histor ically ▁Th ailand ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁recip ients ▁of ▁Japanese ▁over se as ▁aid . ▁The ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁aid ▁took ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁lo ans ▁for ▁large - scale ▁infrastr ucture ▁projects . ▁ ▁Japan ' s ▁government ▁explained ▁its ▁relative ▁gener os ity ▁by ▁cit ing ▁friendly ▁relations ▁and ▁Th ailand ' s ▁special ▁problems ▁ar ising ▁from ▁rapid ▁growth , ▁while ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁Japan ' s ▁own ▁business ▁interests ▁were ▁the ▁main ▁motiv ation . ▁