Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz: A Key Pillar in Malaysia's Development

Rajah Rasiah, Norma Mansor and Chandran Vgr ()
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Chandran Vgr: Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya
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Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), 2015, vol. 7, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: Few economists in Malaysia have pursued their academic career with anchors solidly planted into the plight of the people. Royal Professor Ungku Aziz was a rare mind who achieved intellectual distinction for his tiring efforts to theorise and study poverty in Malaysia, which led to the government’s strategies strongly mirroring his recommendations. This article analyses five of the major contributions he made that emerging scholars can look up to as examples of exemplary intellectual leadership, as well as, academic scholarship.

Keywords: Economic development; poverty; Malaysia; Ungku Abdul Aziz (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 I38 P13 P25 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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