The authors discuss regional differentiation, rivalry between economic regions and the impact of linkages with the capitalist world market on hitherto autarkic and semi-autarkic economic entities - Vietnam and China. They weigh the forces integrating the economies of these countries against...

The problem of regional economic inequalities has long been recognized. In Malaysia, regional development programmes have sought to reduce the disparities within the country. The author examines the phenomenon of regional economic inequality in Malaysia at both national and state level with...