Malaysian development: a retrospective

"Malaysia ranks among the most dynamic of the high-growth Southeast Asian economies, but the prospects for Malaysian success have not always seemed so positive. When Malaysia became independent in 1957, it was a poor and deeply troubled country. With weak political and economic structures, it faced the added threat of a Communist Insurgency. Though the decades since have not been kind to many developing countries, Malaysia has managed to avoid the pitfalls that beset others, and has initiated far-reaching policies designed to restructure its society, alleviate poverty, and promote economic growth. With stable government and a vigorous economy, Malaysia today is among the great success stories of East Asian development."--Jacket

INTRODUCTION -- Financial policies in post-war Malaya: the fiscal and monetary measures of liberation and reconstruction -- The Malayan post-war rice crisis: an episode in colonial agricultural policy -- Agricultural policy and peasant social transformation in late colonial Malaya -- The Malayan quandary: rural development policy under the first and second five-year plans -- Malayan rubber policy: development and anti-development during the 1950s -- The state and peasant innovation in rural development: the case of malaysian rubber -- development policies and patterns of agrarian dominance in the malaysian rubber export economy -- Trends in malaysian development planning: goals, policies and role expansion -- Changing planning perspectives of agricultural development in malaysia -- Agricultural planning and development performance in malaysia -- Colonial education policy and manpower underdevelopment in british malaya --Education, development and change in malaysia -- Labour policy and the dilemmas of trade unionism in post-war malaya -- Malayan labour in transition: labour policy and trade unionism, 1955-63 -- Conclusion: malaysian development in retrospect and prospect.