Affirmative Action and Development : The Case of Bumiputera Policy

Kawamura, Michiya

国際公共政策研究, 2013, 18(1), 141-162

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Title
Affirmative Action and Development : The Case of Bumiputera Policy
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CreatorName
Kawamura, Michiya
Subject
Affirmative Action
Malaysia
Ethnicity
Developmental policy
Bumiputera policy
Abstract
Since independence, Malaysian government has implemented both affirmative action and developmental policy. Both policies are similar in that the government has taken a strong initiative to encourage a targeted group or sector, yet different in that the former has been conducted at the cost of overall economic growth, while the latter aimed at economic surge. In order for Bumiputera policy to be succeeded, the preferential distribution to Malays should be approved by other ethnic groups and additional measures should be taken to raise Malays’ skills and abilities, without hampering economy growth. However, it has rarely been successful. A more viable alternative would have been to select the second most promising industries where there are many Malays and raised their abilities there to move into more promising sectors. Now that Malays have become richer as a whole, though ethnic disparity still remains, more indirect encouragement of Malays is needed.
Publisher
大阪大学大学院国際公共政策研究科
オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン コクサイ コウキョウ セイサク ケンキュウカ
Source Title
国際公共政策研究
International Public Policy Studies
Volume (Issue)
18(1)
Page
141-162
Date of Issued
2013-09
Language
English
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/11094/50275
PISSN
13428101
NCID
AA1115271X
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open access
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紀要論文 Departmental Bulletin Paper
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES / Vol.18 No.1 (2013-09)