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Many of the contemporary socio-economic developments of a country are shaped by the historical progress of said country. Malaysia does not differ much from other colonised countries in that its demographic and economic growth are particularly transpired from its economic development in the past, but as a whole, it has experienced progressively improved socio-economic well-being and infrastructure following independence. Some states in Malaysia are less developed than others, somehow adhering to the historical development that was established by the British in colonial Malaya. For example, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johorpreviously known as the Unfederated Malay States-on average, continued to record a lower per capita GDP of RM25,226 in 2018, while Perak, Selangor, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan (the Federated Malay States) had RM40,108 per capita GDP that year. The economic role played by the British would therefore seem to have provided a solid bedrock for continued employment and income generation in post-independence Malaysia. This volume provides a compendium on the formulation of GDP and the evolution of Malaya's economy between 1900 and 1939. While some estimating o

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Author

Leng, Ong Wooi

Publisher

Project MUSE; Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (ISSN 0126-7353)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences