Malaysia's growth performance in the last two and a half decades is considered by many to be exemplary as rapid economic growth was achieved with substantial improvement in income distribution, significant reduction in poverty and relative price stability. The paper identifies the sources of...

1. Malaysian economic development : looking backward and forward / Hal Hill -- 2. Political challenges in economic upgrading : Malaysia compared with South Korea and Taiwan / Joan M. Nelson -- 3. The politics and policies of corporate development : race, rents and redistribution in Malaysia /...