Policy regimes and the political economy of poverty reduction in Malaysia

Policy regimes and the political economy of poverty reduction in Malaysia / Boo Teik Khoo.

This book is an original, comprehensive and critical evaluation of Malaysia's 40-year strategy of 'poverty eradication' that has been successful in reaching its targets and yet controversial for being linked to the ethnically-oriented social engineering laid down by the New Economic P...

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Main Author: Khoo, Boo Teik, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series.
Subjects:
Political economy > Malaysia.
Development economics & emerging economies > Malaysia.
Macroeconomics > Malaysia.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economics.
Economic policy
Malaysia > Economic policy.
Malaysia
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Table of Contents:
  • Political Economy of Poverty Eradication in Malaysia: An Overview; K. Teik & K. Jin
  • Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction; K. Teik
  • Poverty and Inequality; K. Teik
  • Welfare Regimes, Social Services and Poverty Reduction; H. Salleh
  • Organized Groups, Development Strategies and Social Policies; F. Wah
  • Developmental State Capacity and Institutional Reform; A. Embong
  • Achievements, Limitations and Contradictions; K. Teik.

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