Tiger Economies Under Threat : A
            Comparative Analysis of Malaysia's Industrial Prospects
            and Policy Options

Yusuf, Shahid; Nabeshima, Kaoru

dc.creator	Yusuf, Shahid
dc.creator	Nabeshima, Kaoru
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:40Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:40Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:11Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:11Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20091027025622
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7880-9
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2680
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243069
dc.description	The Southeast Asian Tigers feel threatened. Even though their growth rates have remained above the average for the world and also above the average for developing countries, their economic performance falls short of that in the first half of the 1990s. The underlying worry is that it presages the beginning of a downward trend, the harbingers of which are lower rates of investment, persistently low rates of total factor productivity, and low levels of innovativeness. The Southeast Asian Tigers' worries motivate three questions, which this book attempts to answer. First, are the Tigers rightly threatened by a creeping economic sclerosis or what some observers are calling the middle-income trap? Second, if the threat is real, what are the underlying causes? Third, are there ways of neutralizing the problems and at least maintaining if not raising the growth rates of the recent past? This book will respond to these questions by means of a comparative analysis of the Tiger economies that is centered on Malaysia. This analysis draws on a comprehensive set of techniques and indicators to assess competitive pressures, to gauge industrial and technological capabilities, and to indicate some of the directions industrial change in Southeast Asia could take. Thus, the book seeks not only to view industrial evolution in the region from a comparative perspective taking account also of what is happening and has happened in other parts of East Asia but also to illuminate this ongoing and uncertain process using some of the latest empirical techniques devised for this purpose. The balance of this chapter provides the developmental and international contexts with reference to which these questions will be addressed. It explains the book's preferred angles to tackling them. The chapter also outlines the contents of the volume and foreshadows the principal findings and conclusions.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ANIMATION
dc.subject	ATTRIBUTES
dc.subject	AUTOMOBILE
dc.subject	AUTOMOTIVE
dc.subject	BACK-OFFICE
dc.subject	BANDWIDTH
dc.subject	BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA
dc.subject	BANKING SYSTEM
dc.subject	BANKS
dc.subject	BASIC
dc.subject	BROADBAND
dc.subject	BUSINESS CLIMATE
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENTITIES
dc.subject	BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	BUSINESS INDICATORS
dc.subject	BUSINESS SECTOR
dc.subject	BUSINESS SERVICES
dc.subject	BUSINESSES
dc.subject	BUYER
dc.subject	CAPABILITIES
dc.subject	CAPABILITY
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CAPITALIZATION
dc.subject	COMMERCE
dc.subject	COMMODITIES
dc.subject	COMMODITY
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	COMPETITION POLICY
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	COMPONENTS
dc.subject	COMPUTERS
dc.subject	CONSOLIDATION
dc.subject	COPYING
dc.subject	COPYRIGHT
dc.subject	CULTIVABLE LAND
dc.subject	CUSTOMIZATION
dc.subject	DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEPOSITS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVICES
dc.subject	DIGITAL
dc.subject	E-MAIL
dc.subject	E-READINESS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
dc.subject	ELECTRONICS
dc.subject	ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENGINEERING
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EXPORT EARNINGS
dc.subject	EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject	EXPORT MARKET
dc.subject	EXPORT SECTORS
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	FISHERIES
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FREE TRADE
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GDP PER CAPITA
dc.subject	GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL MARKET
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH PATH
dc.subject	GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	GROWTH STRATEGY
dc.subject	HIGH TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	INDEXES
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	INNOVATION
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
dc.subject	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
dc.subject	INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR INPUTS
dc.subject	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LAND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LEGISLATION
dc.subject	LICENSE
dc.subject	LICENSE FEE
dc.subject	LICENSES
dc.subject	M2
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject	MANUFACTURING
dc.subject	MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
dc.subject	MARKET SHARE
dc.subject	MARKET VALUE
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MATERIAL
dc.subject	MENU
dc.subject	MONETARY POLICIES
dc.subject	MONOPOLIES
dc.subject	MULTIMEDIA
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NET EXPORTS
dc.subject	NETWORKS
dc.subject	NEW ENTRANTS
dc.subject	NEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OLIGOPOLIES
dc.subject	OUTSOURCING
dc.subject	PATENTS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATIZATION
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PRODUCT CATEGORIES
dc.subject	PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	PROFIT MARGINS
dc.subject	PROFITABILITY
dc.subject	QUERIES
dc.subject	R&D
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	REAL GDP
dc.subject	RESULT
dc.subject	RESULTS
dc.subject	RETAIL TRADE
dc.subject	RISK TAKING
dc.subject	SAN
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SEARCH
dc.subject	SECURITIES
dc.subject	SEMICONDUCTOR
dc.subject	SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELEPHONE
dc.subject	TELEVISION
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	TIME PERIOD
dc.subject	TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRAINING COURSES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	URBAN SERVICES
dc.subject	VALUATION
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	VALUE CHAINS
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WEALTH
dc.title	Tiger Economies Under Threat : A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia's Industrial Prospects and Policy Options
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	Southeast Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Malaysia