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Informationen zum Autor 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 Fellowat the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS)! National University of Malaysia. Ragayah Haji Mat Zin is a Professor and Principal Fellowat the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS)! National University of Malaysia. Klappentext "This book identifies and discusses the key aspects of Malaysia's current development policy challenges. Subjects covered include technology! education and skills! the promotion of entrpreneurship! social issues! monetary policy and governance issues! with the discussion of each subject empirically rich! rooted in Malaysia's development experience! and forward looking."--Publisher's description. Zusammenfassung This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in its shift from a middle income to high-income economy. It covers subjects such as technology, education and skills, the promotion of entrpreneurship, social, monetary policy and governance issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tablesList of figures List of contributors Preface 1. Malaysian economic development: looking backward and forward - Hal Hill 2. Political challenges in economic upgrading: Malaysia compared with South Korea and Taiwan - Joan M. Nelson 3. The politics and policies of corporate development: race! rents and redistribution in Malaysia - Edmund Terence Gomez 4. The Malaysian economy during three crises - Prema-chandra Athukorala 5. Monetary policy and financial sector development - Michael Meow-Chung Yap and Kwek Kian Teng 6. Public sector resource management - Suresh Narayanan7. Microeconomic reform in Malaysia - Cassey Lee8. Services liberalization: the need for complementary policies - Tham Siew Yean and Loke Wai Heng 9. Is Malaysia's electronics industry moving up the value chain? - Rajah Rasiah 10. The crisis in education - Lee Kiong Hock and Shyamala Nagaraj 11. Poverty eradication and income distribution - Ragayah Haji Mat Zin 12. Demographic and labour force dynamics - Gavin Jones 13. Shifting the policy goal from environment to sustainable development - A.A. Hezri and S.R. Dovers References Index ...
