Bangkok, March 2 -- Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has outlined what she thinks is causing Thailand's slow economic growth and promised her administration will complete its full term to speed up economic expansion. In her weekly "Empowering Thais" programme on March 2 morning, the PM said the Southeast Asian country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by only 2.5% last year because it had not invested substantially in new industries and had not prepared the people for future industries over the past decade. She also urged the private sector to help the government develop the national economy. Paetongtarn said commercial banks should approve loans so that small- and medium-sized enterprises could increase their investment. The ...