Industrialization in Malaysia: Import Substitution and Infant Industry Performance / Edition 1

by Rokiah Alavi

Overview

Some of the most successful growth economies in the Pacific Rim have combined protectionist Import Substitution Industrialisation policies with export-oriented policies. This study provides a systematic rethinking of relationships between strategies within the Malaysian context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415144766
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/1996
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia , #7
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rokiah Alavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS; Chapter 2 MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT:1957–l990s; Chapter 3 THE STRUCTURE OF TARIFF INCENTIVES IN MALAYSIA; Chapter 4 THE INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT:A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 5 PROTECTION AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; Chapter 6 HAVE THE INFANT INDUSTRIES GROWN UP?; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;