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Christopher John Baker -LRB- born 1948 -RRB- is a Thailand-based British writer who has made his home in Bangkok for more than 20 years .. Thailand. Thailand. British. United Kingdom. Bangkok. Bangkok. He is the co-author of A History of Thailand , Thaksin  : The Business of Politics in Thailand , Thailand 's Boom and Bust , and Thailand 's Crisis , all written with his wife , Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit .. Thailand. Thailand. Pasuk Phongpaichit. Pasuk Phongpaichit. He was the principal writer of the United Nations Development Programme 's Thailand Human Development Report 2007  : Sufficiency Economy and Human Development , which praised King Bhumibol Adulyadej 's self-sufficient economy theory .. Thailand. Thailand. United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Development Programme. Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bhumibol Adulyadej. self-sufficient economy. self-sufficient economy. In 2010 , Chris Baker and his wife Pasuk Phongpaichit published a compilation and translation of the Thai epic poem Khun Chang Khun Phaen .. Pasuk Phongpaichit. Pasuk Phongpaichit. Khun Chang Khun Phaen. Khun Chang Khun Phaen. The epic was published in a two volume set , which arranged the story in a narrative form suitable for modern English readers .. Copious footnotes and creative illustrations are also included .. They have also published a version of their compilation in Thai .