Malaysia: In Pursuit of Newly Industrializing Economy Status

Fong Chan Onn

Asian Development Review (ADR), 1989, vol. 07, issue 02, 68-87

Abstract: Malaysia has an ambitious economic vision: it has set its sights on joining the ranks of the newly industrializing economies (NIEs). It hopes to achieve this goal within the next decade, by building up an advanced export-oriented manufacturing structure alongside a vibrant agriculture sector. While the modernization and diversification of agriculture would be achieved through the acceleration of new land development schemes as well as the cultivation of new crops, apart from existing rubber and oil palm, the speeding up of industrialization would be attained through a multipronged coordinated strategy…

Date: 1989
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