Agriculture and Environmental Challenges: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Agricultural Sector SymposiumJitendra Srivastava, Harold Alderman More than three decades of social and economic progress in Malaysia are examined in this fact-filled study. The analysis recounts the countrys initial development strategy, which focused on rural development, human resources, and the infrastructure. A mid-development phase is described, in which the state attempted to modernize commerce and industry by strictly controlling private enterprise and commercial banking and by creating state-owned enterprises to spur investment. The adjustment program Malaysia adopted in response to the disappointing results of too much state control is evaluated. This program included policies that relaxed licensing requirements for industry and introduced new investment incentives to encourage private enterprise. An analysis of Malaysias government explains how this multi-ethnic country could engineer such fundamental changes successfully. |
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... areas than in urban areas . The bulk of the world's poor are in rural areas . Thus the percentage of the poor found in rural areas is : 91 percent in Indonesia , 79 percent in India , 67 percent in the Philippines , 86 percent in C6te d ...
... areas than in urban areas . The bulk of the world's poor are in rural areas . Thus the percentage of the poor found in rural areas is : 91 percent in Indonesia , 79 percent in India , 67 percent in the Philippines , 86 percent in C6te d ...
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... areas with rapid population growth , because this is the main opportunity to add high quality land to agriculture ... area of intellectual research for the Development Economics Vice Presidential Unit ( DEC ) in the Bank and of policy ...
... areas with rapid population growth , because this is the main opportunity to add high quality land to agriculture ... area of intellectual research for the Development Economics Vice Presidential Unit ( DEC ) in the Bank and of policy ...
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... area and unit area productivity through improvements in soil fertility , land management , and water conservation . FAO's integrated pest mangement project for the control of Brown Plant Hopper in rice in Indonesia . WIMCO Ltd's ...
... area and unit area productivity through improvements in soil fertility , land management , and water conservation . FAO's integrated pest mangement project for the control of Brown Plant Hopper in rice in Indonesia . WIMCO Ltd's ...
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... areas of technology described in the opening statement of this paper . Nutrition -- Soil Fertility The failure to apply adequate amounts and / or balanced levels of nutrients leads to loss of actual and potential production and income ...
... areas of technology described in the opening statement of this paper . Nutrition -- Soil Fertility The failure to apply adequate amounts and / or balanced levels of nutrients leads to loss of actual and potential production and income ...
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... areas of high soil acidity liming programs are rudimentary , and often nonexistent ; fertilizers are rarely matched to soil type or crop demands ; farmers take what fertilizer is offered -- the offering often being determined by ...
... areas of high soil acidity liming programs are rudimentary , and often nonexistent ; fertilizers are rarely matched to soil type or crop demands ; farmers take what fertilizer is offered -- the offering often being determined by ...
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