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Malaysia's socio-economic transformation : ideas for the next decade
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Since 1957, Malaysiaâ€TMs economic development has been an account of growth, transformation, and of structural change. More than 75 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) comes from the manu...
Since 1957, Malaysiaâ€TMs economic development has been an account of growth, transformation, and of structural change. More than 75 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) comes from the manufacturing and services sectors. However, Malaysia is stuck in a middle-income trap and is facing challenges on the economic and political front. In June 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak unveiled the 10th Malaysian Plan (2011-15) to chart the development of Malaysia from a middle- to high-income nation ...
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- Creator
- edited by Das Sanchita Basu, Lee Poh Onn
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 457 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9789814459686, 9814459682, 9814459690, 9789814459693, 9789814459693
- OCLC
- ocn897017237
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- 1. The Economy of Malaysia: Present, Problems, Prospects; 2. Malaysia's Economic Development and Transformation: Looking Back, Looking Forward; PART I: ECONOMIC ISSUES; 3. Malaysia's Route to Middle Income Status; 4. Harnessing Services for Development in Malaysia; Commentary 1 -- Malaysian Success Story: The Development of Low Cost Carriers, Focusing on Air Asia; 5. Productivity Led Growth; 6. Malaysia's Investment Malaise: What Happened and Can It be Fixed?; 7. Infrastructure in Malaysia: Investment, Growth and Policy Challenges; 8. Financial Reforms in Malaysia
- 9. ICT in Malaysia's Growth Agenda10. Malaysia's Participation in the ASEAN Economic Community; Commentary 2 -- Political Economy and Foreign Policy; PART II: POLITICS, DECENTRALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT; 11. Prisons to Mind in Malaysia's Nation Building; Commentary 3 -- ""New Politics"" in Malaysia: Towards Transformative Development?; 12. Malaysia's Federal System: Stifling Local Initiative?; Commentary 4 -- Fifteen Consecutive Years of Budget Deficits, and Counting ... ; 13. The Environment; PART III: SOCIAL ISSUES; 14. Malaysia's Education, Off Course: Heady Growth, Systemic Woes. Small Fixes
- 15. Growth and Change in Financing Malaysian Higher Education16. Income Inequality: A Drag on being a Developed Nation?; Commentary 5 -- Transforming the Orang Asli Development Policy; 17. Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Much Needed Labour Source; Commentary 6 -- Malaysian Women's Labour Force Participation; 18. Growth and Liveability: The Case of Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Index