Malaysia's socio-economic transformation [electronic resource] : ideas for the next decade. / Basu Das, Sanchita.

Malaysia's socio-economic transformation: ideas for the next decade -- Contents -- Foreword by Tan Chin Tiong, Director, ISEAS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Contributors -- 1. The Economy of Malaysia: Present, Problems, Prospects -- 2. Malaysia's Economic Development and Transformation: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Part I: Economic Issues -- 3. Malaysia's Route to Middle Income Status -- 4. Harnessing Services for Development in Malaysia -- Commentary 1 - Malaysian Success Story: The Development of Low Cost Carriers, Focusing on Air Asia -- 5. Productivity Led Growth -- 6. Malaysia's Investment Malaise: What Happened and Can It be Fixed? -- 7. Infrastructure in Malaysia: Investment, Growth and Policy Challenges -- 8. Financial Reforms in Malaysia -- 9. ICT in Malaysia's Growth Agenda -- 10. Malaysia's Participation in the ASEAN Economic Community -- Commentary 2 - Political Economy and Foreign Policy -- Part II: Politics, Decentralization and Environment -- 11. Prisons to Mind in Malaysia's Nation Building -- Commentary 3 -'New Politics' in Malaysia: Towards Transformative Development? -- 12. Malaysia's Federal System: Stifling Local Initiative? -- Commentary 4 - Fifteen Consecutive Years of Budget Deficits, and Counting -- 13. The Environment -- Part III: Social Issues -- 14. Malaysia's Education, Off Course: Heady Growth, Systemic Woes. Small Fixes -- 15. Growth and Change in Financing Malaysian Higher Education -- 16. Income Inequality: A Drag on being a Developed Nation? -- Commentary 5 - Transforming the Orang Asli Development Policy -- 17. Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Much Needed Labour Source -- Commentary 6 - Malaysian Women's Labour Force Participation -- 18. Growth and Liveability: The Case of Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Index