Malaysia - Gearing up for a life after Mahathir
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Case Code: ECOA110 Case Length: 10 Pages Period: 2003 Pub Date: 2003 Teaching Note: Not Available |
Price: Rs.300 Organization : - Industry : - Countries : Malaysia Themes: - |
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Background Note
In 1910, the nine sultanates of the Malay Peninsula together with Port Singapore formed the British colony of Malaya. Rubber plantations led the shift from subsistence to export agriculture. The British encouraged the immigration of Tamils from South India...
Economic Policies
Since the 1970s, Malaysia had industrialized rapidly, transforming itself from an economy whose livelihood relied primarily on the production of mineral and agricultural export commodities-palm oil, natural rubber, tropical timber and other minor mineral and agricultural products-into one dominated by manufacturing and services...
Foreign Trade
In 2001, Malaysia's total exports of goods and services were equivalent to 117% of nominal GDP. Malaysia's total trade added up to more than 200% of GDP . The country continued to be an important source of rubber and the dominant world producer of palm oil...
Foreign Investments
During the 1980s and the 1990s, Malaysia attracted FDI to the tune of almost $80 billion. Bulk of the FDI was concentrated in the electronics sector which was heavily dependent on the US market. In the early 2000s, this sector faced problems due to the shrinking demand in the US...
Social Policies
At independence, with Malaya roughly 53% Malay, 36% Chinese, and 11% Indian, Malaya was chosen as the official language. 41% of the Chinese population was denied citizenship under constitutional rules favoring ethnic Malays...
Future Outlook
As Mahathir prepared to make way for his successor, Malaysia seemed to be an economic success story. Living standards were rising and the country seemed to be well integrated into the global economy...
Exhibits
Exhibit I: Malaysia: A Fact Sheet
Exhibit II: Malaysia: The Economy at a glance
Exhibit III: Malaysia: Trends in Key Economic Indicators
Exhibit IV: Malaysia: Comparative Economic Indicators
Exhibit V: Malaysia: Profile of Foreign Trade
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