Malaysia's past successes and uncertain future : graduating from middle or caught in the middle?

• Main Authors: Lean, Hooi Hooi, Smyth, Russell
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Malaysia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101944; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19834
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the space of just over five decades, Malaysia has transformed from a largely agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy with a sustained high rate of economic growth. While Malaysia's achievement in terms of raising the per capita income of its citizens is pretty much universally acclaimed,...