Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia

The Transition to Modern Economic Growth

By: John Drabble

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Hardcover | 8 May 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Malaysia has long been known as a leading exporter of important primary commodities (notably tin, rubber, timber, palm oil, petroleum) to developed countries. In the last decades of the twentieth century, secondary industries (such as electrical and electronic components, textiles, car-assembly) have been successfully developed concurrently with the redistribution of wealth, income and employment under the New Economic Policy (1970-90). By 1990 the country approached 'Newly Industrialised Country' status. This study breaks new ground by integrating these developments within a long-run thematic framework, namely the transition to modern economic growth. The roots of Malaysia's export-based economy are traced to the nineteenth century, and in some respects even earlier. It is also the first economic history to take the Malaysian region as a whole, covering Peninsular Malaysia together with Sabah and Sarawak, which most published works treat separately.

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'I commend this book to all scholars of modern Southeast Asian history. For the first time, we have a book which places Malaysia's successful transition to modern economic growth within a longer historical perspective.' - Wang Gungwu, Director, East Asian Institute

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List of Tables	p. x
List of Figures and Maps	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Currency, Weights, Measures	p. xv
Geographical Note	p. xvi
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Glossary	p. xix
Maps	p. xx
Introduction	p. 1
Theme of the Study	p. 1
Formation of the Malaysian National Economy	p. 5
The Premodern Economy	p. 9
Population and Settlement	p. 9
The Subsistence Base	p. 11
Commercial Production	p. 12
Trade and the State	p. 15
Overview	p. 20
The Formation of a Colonial Export Economy (c.1800-1920)
The Transition to Modern Trade	p. 27
World Trade in Transition	p. 27
Colonial versus Indigenous States in Trade	p. 28
The Trade in Straits Products (c.1820-70)	p. 32
The Trade in Staples (1870-c.1920)	p. 36
The Structure of Commercial Enterprise	p. 41
International Trade: 'Engine' or 'Handmaiden' of Growth?	p. 47
The Growth of Production	p. 49
Export Prices and Production	p. 49
Capital	p. 54
Land and Labour	p. 63
Technology	p. 70
The Domestic Economy	p. 73
The Infrastructure	p. 76
The Development of Money, Banking and Credit	p. 76
Transport, Urbanisation, Communications and Power	p. 82
The Growth of a Plural Society	p. 89
Population Growth	p. 89
The Structure of Society	p. 91
Government and Society	p. 101
Overview: The Colonial Export Economy c.1920	p. 107
A Turning Point for the Economy	p. 107
A Segmented Economy	p. 109
The Impact of Colonial Rule	p. 111
The Material Benefits	p. 112
Depression, War, and the Advent of Independence (1920-63)
The Interwar Years (1920-41)	p. 121
Malaysian Trade and the International Economy	p. 121
Commodity Control Schemes	p. 127
Other Products	p. 132
Industry	p. 135
Infrastructure	p. 137
Land, Credit, Cooperatives	p. 138
Population and Welfare	p. 142
Overview	p. 147
War, Reconstruction and the Advent of Independence (1942-63)	p. 149
Japanese Occupation 1942-5	p. 149
The Late Colonial State 1945-63	p. 152
Last Years of the Colonial Export Economy	p. 154
The Malaysian Economy at Federation	p. 175
Towards A Newly-Industrialised Country (1963-90)
The Economy in Review 1963-90	p. 181
The International Environment	p. 181
The Malaysian Economy	p. 185
The Role of the State	p. 194
The Primary Sector	p. 207
A Review of Agricultural Production	p. 207
Rice: The Goal of Self-Sufficiency	p. 211
The Export Crops	p. 216
Forestry	p. 224
Mining	p. 230
Overview	p. 233
Industrialisation	p. 235
Pattern and Process of Growth	p. 235
Sources of Growth: Supply Side	p. 240
Sources of Growth: Demand Side	p. 254
Government Policy	p. 256
Infrastructure	p. 266
Overview	p. 269
The Distribution of the Benefits	p. 271
Outline of Social Change	p. 271
Income Distribution and Poverty Eradication	p. 275
Social Services	p. 283
The Environment	p. 287
Overview	p. 289
The Perspective from History	p. 291
Postscript	p. 294
Bibliography	p. 296
Index	p. 317
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