Bøker av Kwame Sundaram Jomo

This book attempts to understand economic developments in Malaysia in the early and mid-Eighties, focusing on growth, balance of payments, fiscal and debt trends. They are all seen against global trends, earlier developments in the Malaysian economy and other changes in Malaysian society.

As Malaysia's government responded to the 1997-98 financial crisis, the global financial community criticised its measures as bail outs for politically-influential corporate interests. This book examines the Asian crisis and government policy responses, with emphasis on capital controls as well as corporate, bank and debt restructuring exercises.

This title sets out to assess various dimensions of Japan-Malaysia economic relations, and also discusses the impact and consequences of the controversial "Look East" policy. The first half analyzes the political dimensions and the second looks at labour issues and cultural implications.