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BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Malaysia's Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle" by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Malaysia's Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle" by Hal... The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2013) 1380006 (3 pages) © World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813800064 BOOK REVIEW Published 14 May 2013 Review of Malaysia’s Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin, Routledge, New York, 2012. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-61436-8. This is by all accounts a splendid book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and my appetite grew with the pages — always interesting, pertinent, to the point and rarely tedious even when writing about topics that do not always thrill you. A book that will for a long time stand as a weighty contribution to analyzing Malaysia’s economic performance over the past, judging the current situation and policies and — not the least — casting a glance at future prospects. It is an even handed approach trying to gauge weaknesses and strengths of Malaysia’s economy and economic policies realizing the political preferences, constraints and so- ciological problems the country faced and indeed still does. The book does not shy away from criticism — sometimes sharp criticism — and frequently voices doubt about policies and their impact, pointing to the barriers for further development of chosen policies not http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Singapore Economic Review World Scientific Publishing Company

BOOK REVIEW: "Review of Malaysia's Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle" by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

MOELLER, JOERGEN OERSTROEM
The Singapore Economic Review , Volume 58 (02): 1 – Jun 1, 2013
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The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2013) 1380006 (3 pages) © World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S0217590813800064 BOOK REVIEW Published 14 May 2013 Review of Malaysia’s Development Challenges: Graduating from the Middle by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean and Ragayah Haji Mat Zin, Routledge, New York, 2012. 348 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-61436-8. This is by all accounts a splendid book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and my appetite grew with the pages — always interesting, pertinent, to the point and rarely tedious even when writing about topics that do not always thrill you. A book that will for a long time stand as a weighty contribution to analyzing Malaysia’s economic performance over the past, judging the current situation and policies and — not the least — casting a glance at future prospects. It is an even handed approach trying to gauge weaknesses and strengths of Malaysia’s economy and economic policies realizing the political preferences, constraints and so- ciological problems the country faced and indeed still does. The book does not shy away from criticism — sometimes sharp criticism — and frequently voices doubt about policies and their impact, pointing to the barriers for further development of chosen policies not

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