Malaysia's Development Challenges : Graduating from the Middle

ISBN-13: 9780415614368 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 376 str.

Hal Hill;Ragayah Haji Mat ZIn;Tham Siew-Yean

Opis

Examines the various economic, political & developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high income economy. This issue is of great interest to academics, policy makers & development practitioners in the developing world, particularly in middle-income economies.

Spis treści

1. Malaysian Economic Development: Looking Backward and Forward  2. Political Challenges in Economic Upgrading: Malaysia Compared with South Korea and Taiwan  3. The Politics and Policies of Corporate Development: Race, Rents and Redistribution in Malaysia  4. The Malaysian Economy During Three Crises  5. Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Development  6. Public Sector Resource Management  7. Microeconomic Reform in Malaysia  8. Services Liberalization: The Need for Complementary Policies  9. Is Malaysia’s Electronics Industry Moving up the Value Chain?  10. The Crisis in Eucation  11. Poverty Eradication and Income Distribution  12. Demographic and Labour Force Dynamics  13. Shifting the Policy Goal from Environment to Sustainable Development

O autorze

Hal Hill is the H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies in the Department of Economics, Australian National University.

Tham Siew Yean is a Professor and Principal Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia.

Ragayah Haji Mat Zin is a Professor and Principal Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia.