1st Edition
Growth, Structural Change and Regional Inequality in Malaysia
By Asan Ali Golam Hassan
Copyright 2004
259 Pages
by
Routledge
259 Pages
by
Routledge
259 Pages
by
Routledge
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Economic development in the long run is seen as a process of structural change that is affected by economic growth. Malaysia is one of the middle-income economies that are going through rapid structural change. Since the mid 1980s it has changed to an industrially based economy with large-scale export of electrical and electronic components. However, thirty years after Malaysia's re-distributive... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Theories and indicators of growth, structural change and disparities; Regional inequalities and policy responses: a historical perspective; Patterns of regional demographic change and regional inequality; Patterns of regional economic change and regional inequality; Industrialisation and regional inequality; Conclusions and recommendations; References; Appendices; Index.
Biography
Asan Ali Golam Hassan, Faculty of Economics, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
