Malaysias Leap Into the Future

Description: Malaysia?s Leap Into the Future Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The Building Blocks Towards Balanced Development Author(s): Rajah Rasiah, Kamal Salih, Cheong Kee Cheok Format: Hardback Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore ISBN-13: 9789811670442, 978-9811670442 Synopsis 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.

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Location: Aldershot

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