| Title: | Inequality and economic development in Malaysia |
| Authors: | Donald R. Snodgrass, Author ; Harvard institute for international development, Editor |
| Publisher: | Kuala Lumpur : Oxford University Press, 1980 |
| Series: | East Asian social science monographs |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-580431-7 |
| Size: | xx-326 p. / 26 cm |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > economic conditions > economic development [Eurovoc] ECONOMICS > national accounts > income [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > Asia and Oceania > South-East Asia > Malaysia [Eurovoc] SCIENCE > humanities > social sciences > history [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > social framework > social structure > social inequality |
| Tags: | income distribution ; Malaysia ; Chinese ; East Indians ; economic conditions ; economic policy |
| Abstract: |
The purpose of this book is to examine the origins, nature, extent and possible rectification of economic inequality (particularly ethnic-group related inequality) in Malaysia. The author has provided a dispassionate, scholarly and comprehensive analysis of the problem, which has become a matter of concern for all Malaysians after the events of May 13. 1969. During this period, too, there has been a world-wide surge of interest in the inequality-growth relationship. Thus this book is not only a study of Malaysia alone but also a Malaysia-based case study of problems which Malaysia shares, in varying degrees, with many other countries.
The historical origins of inequality and social science theories of how such inequality arises and is maintained are also reviewed, along with evidence of their applicability to the Malaysian case. The extent of economic inequality around 1970 and trends during the 1957-70 period are also examined in detail. The second part of the book deals with policies and programmes aimed at reducing economic in equality. Separate chapters are devoted to fiscal redistribution, rural and agricultural development policies, urban and industrial development policies, and education and other general policies. The efforts of the Malaysian Government to deal with economic inequality are analysed, and interim achievements under the New Economic Policy up to the late 1970s are appraised. The study concludes that Malaysia's post-1970 development strategy has both greater potential and greater inherent dangers than the pre-1970 strategy. Malaysia's experience can be studied with profit by other countries as an important example of an attempt to achieve 'redistribution with growth' as well as an example of the 'new meaning of development' stressing greater national self-reliance and cultural awareness as well as redistribution of income, wealth and power-which is now beginning to gain international recognition. The author is an Institute Fellow, Harvard Institute for International Development. |
| Contents note: |
PART 1. ORIGINS AND SCOPE OF INEQUALITY
1. An introduction to the problem 2. History: Before Merdeka 3. History: Since Merdeka 4. Patterns and trends in economic inequality 5. Social sciences analyses PART II. POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES 6. Fiscal redistribution 7. Rural development policies 8. Urban development policies 9. Education and other general policies 10. Conclusions |
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| Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status |
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| 009136 | RC ASIE 302 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Available |
