The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both developers and environmentalists. Managing Natural Wealth analyzes major natural resource and environmental policy issues in the country during the 1970s and 1980s - a period of profound socioeconomic change, rapid depletion of natural resources, and the emergence of serious problems with pollution. Managing Natural Wealth builds on Environment and Development in a Resource-Rich Economy: Malaysia under the New Economic Policy, a path-breaking book that emphasized economics as a source for analyzing the issues...

The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both developers and environmentalists. Managing Natural Wealth analyzes major natural resource and environmental policy issues in the country during the 1970s and 1980s - a period of profound socioeconomic change, rapid depletion of natural resources, and the emergence of serious problems with pollution. Managing Natural Wealth builds on Environment and Development in a Resource-Rich Economy: Malaysia under the New Economic Policy. First published in hardcover in 1997, this path-breaking book emphasized economics as...