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Growth Pole Strategy and Regional Development Policy
Compilation of conference papers on the growth Pole approach to regional development and development policy in Asia - (1) discusses case studies in decentralization policy incl. Industrialization, regional disparities and frontier resources development, and (2) considers alternative approaches in the fields of regional planning, population geographic distribution and human settlement systems. Diagrams, graphs, maps, references and statistical tables. Conference held in nagoya 1975 November.
Malaysia’s Leap Into the Future
This book presents the future development of Malaysia. It puts together building blocks to achieve a better future. These blocks are poverty and income inequality, population, demography and urbanization, growth and technological progress, education, human capital and skills, finance, labor, the environment, and health care. It examines the reasons for the decline in the agricultural sector with an emphasis on food security. It discusses Malaysia’s economic growth and structural change compared to some of the Northeast East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. It explains the projections of population and demographic change and its bearing on government policies. It evaluates the country’s education sector and discusses the strategies to improve its role in the country further. It argues for replacing ethnic-based approaches with a needs-based system for the future direction to build a plural Malaysia. This insightful book is of interest across several fields, including demography, economic development, and urbanization.
Spectrum of Modern Geography
Festschrift honoring Mohammad Anas, 1925-1983, professor of geography, Aligarh Muslim University; comprises articles mostly in Indian context.
Income Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia
This thorough analysis of Malaysia's economic expansion evaluates the success of the government's New Economic Policy (NEP), which was designed to promote national unity by reducing poverty as well as by loosening the link between ethnicity and economic function. The first comprehensive analysis of income distribution trends after the inauguration of the NEP, the study also considers interethnic, urban-rural, and regional variations over time. Although there have been significant reductions in poverty and income inequality, Hashim uses previously unpublished data to show that both are still rampant.
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Privatization in Malaysia
In recent years, privatisation has fallen out of favour in many countries because the underlying political factors have not been well understood. This book examines Malaysia’s privatisation programme, focusing on how political constraints resulted in the failure of four major privatisations: the national sewerage company (IWK), Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT), national airline (MAS), and national car company (Proton). It considers why developing countries such as Malaysia might want to embark on privatisation, the factors that lead to policy failure, and what is needed to make it work. It shows clearly that political motives driving privatisation often dominate purely economic consid...
Census Mapping Survey
Country reports, with reference to selected countries from all the continents.
