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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Explaining Malaysia’s Economic Growth.- Chapter 3. Population and Demography.- Chapter 4. Agriculture and Food Security.- Chapter 5. Manufacturing Transformation.- Chapter 6. Knowledge-based Services.- Chapter 7. Education.- Chapter 8. Talent and Human capital.- Chapter 9. Financing Development.- Chapter 10. Future of Labour.- Chapter 11. Poverty and Inequality.- Chapter 12. Urbanization and Infrastructure.- Chapter 13. Natural Environment.- Chapter 14. Healthcare and Well Being.
