Bidding to join the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows Southeast Asian economies are trying to use global standards to raise credibility, attract investment and lock in domestic reforms, experts say. BANGKOK: In late 2023, Thailand’s new government was on an international investment blitz. Then-Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had framed himself as Thailand’s economic fixer, a leader with genuine business-world credentials that could turn around the