Author: K. S. Jomo
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: rising, sun, shadow, development, malaysian, economic, japan
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1994-12-07
List price: $240.00
ISBN-10: 0415115833
ISBN-13: 9780415115834

This book assesses the different dimensions of Japan-Malaysia economic relations, and contains a balanced collection of essays examining Japanese involvement in Malaysia.

Author: Jomo K.S.
Publisher: Zed Books
Keywords: development, economists, economics, pioneers
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-12-02
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1842776452
ISBN-13: 9781842776452

The history of modern economic thought associated with the emergence of industrial capitalism over two centuries ago was pre-occupied with the question of economic transformation or development. This volume surveys important contributions to the economics of development by various economists, including many not normally considered as pioneers of development economics.

Author: Jomo K. S.
Publisher: Singapore University Press
Keywords: policy, industrual, malaysian
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2007-10-31
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 9971693402
ISBN-13: 9789971693404

"Malaysian Industrial Policy" argues that selective government promotion efforts have been successful and crucial for Malaysia’s industrialisation despite some disastrous consequences associated with the Mahathir government’s heavy industrialisation programme. The authors present evidence to show that direct and indirect government interventions have induced and supported investments, accelerating the structural transformation of the Malaysian economy. The analysis indicates that investment incentives with conditions attached rather than trade or investment liberalisation have been

Author: K. S. Jomo
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Keywords: asia, routledgecurzon, east, studies, growth, economies, developed, firms, internationally, competitiveness, competitive, national, manufacturing, industries
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-06-27
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0415299225
ISBN-13: 9780415299220

There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing these different theories will bring important lessons, not just for Asia, but for developing economies the world over.This lucid book studies industries and firms in East Asia and examines the major determinants of their economic performance.

Author: Jomo Kenyatta
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: kenya, mount, facing
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1962-02-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0394702107
ISBN-13: 9780394702100

Authors:Ben Fine, Jomo K.S.,
Publisher: Zed Book
Keywords: consensus, neoliberal, thinking, washington, post, development, economics, new
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-11-29
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1842776436
ISBN-13: 9781842776438

Much is currently being made of the World Bank’s apparent retreat from the neoliberal market economics of the Washington Consensus. New concepts and priorities like social capital and governance have been taken on board alongside the continuing pressures on developing countries for deregulation, privatization, free trade and so on. But how much has really changed? In what ways has the so-called post-Washington Consensus and its "New" Development Economics really parted company with the overly simplistic nostrums of the still dominant market economics? This important and thought-provoking

Authors:Greg Felker, K. S. Jomo,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: technology, studies, growth, economies, asia, routledge, policies, competitiveness, state, malaysia, industrial
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1999-07-01
List price: $240.00
ISBN-10: 0415197651
ISBN-13: 9780415197656

A companion to Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia, this book provides a valuable analysis of the technological development of a Newly Industrializing Country and reflects on whether existing development strategies can be maintained in the wake of the financial crises sweeping the East Asian economies.