Economic development via dam building: The role of the state government in the sarawak corridor of renewable energy and the impact on environment and local communities

• Main Author: Aeria, Andrew
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Center for Southeast Asian Studies 2016
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15306/1/Economic%20Development%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15306/; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/seas/5/3/5_373/_article
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Since 1970, as a consequence of Malaysia’s New Economic Policy (NEP) and its integration into the global economy, the development achievements and per capita GDP growth of the resource-rich state of Sarawak have been impressive—although not without problems. Since timber and petroleum resources are...