1st Edition

Industrialization in Malaysia Import Substitution and Infant Industry Performance

By Rokiah Alavi Copyright 1996

    Some of the most successful growth economies in the Pacific Rim have combined protectionist Import Substitution Industrialisation policies with export-oriented policies. This study provides a systematic rethinking of relationships between strategies within the Malaysian context.

    INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS; Chapter 2 MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:1957–l990s; Chapter 3 THE STRUCTURE OF TARIFF INCENTIVES IN MALAYSIA; Chapter 4 THE INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT:A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 5 PROTECTION AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; Chapter 6 HAVE THE INFANT INDUSTRIES GROWN UP?; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;

    Biography

    Rokiah Alavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.