A01=George Cho
Author_George Cho
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economic geography analysis
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high technology industries
Malaysian development policy evolution
postcolonial economic policy
resource-based economies
rural development strategies
urbanisation trends
Product details
- ISBN 9780415612500
- Weight: 780g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1990, this study analyses the development and success of the Malaysian economy since independence in 1957. The author explores various facets of the contemporary centrally-planned development policy and the colonial inheritance from which it derives. It becomes evident that rural bias is significant in the area of primary commodities, including rubber and tin, and in relation to the economy as a whole. This is in spite of a conspicuous shift in the manufacturing sector toward export-orientated high technology products.
George Cho is Lecturer in the School of Applied Science, University of Canberra, Belconnen, Australia. He is a Malaysian citizen permanently resident in Australia and has conducted extensive field studies in Malaysia, publishing widely on the subject.
