The authors note that although Sarawak has a rapidly growing economy, the benefits of growth have been focused largely in the urban centres. However, poverty still prevails in the rural areas. Rural development needs to be given priority in most developing countries including Malaysia. Attention...

The paper is concerned with land development and settlement schemes in Sarawak. The state government has initiated a number of such schemes since the formation of Malaysia in 1963. It is argued that the fundamental contradiction between farmer initiative and (state) agency control must be...