Despite the challenges and conflicts experienced by employed married women as they try to balance the demand of work and family roles, many have successfully climbed to the top of the ladders of their career. The present paper reports a study that examined coping strategies employed by 50 Malaysian women (age 30-65) who were holding … Read more
The article provides information on the 14th annual Malaysian International Furniture Fair in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The show’s attendance was 19,549, with 6.5% coming the U.S. and Canada, 20.9% from Europe, 12.4% from the Middle East and the rest from other Asian countries with strong economies. Orders generated by the show exceeded the expectation of … Read more
The paper attempts at explaining perplexing nexus between law and politics during the Mahathir years amidst swinging pendulum of legitimacy discourse – with human rights discourse on the one side and ‘developmentalism’ on the other – taking place in constrained but contested legal arena. Author: Marzuki Mohamad. Download
The paper attempt to critically analyse the controvesy involving the Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) or Islamic School. Article written in Malay. Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi. Authors: Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Ab. Latiff & Kamaruzzaman Yusoff. Download
The purpose of this study is to reinvestigate the relationship between defence expenditure and economic growth in Malaysia, over the period from 1960 to 2006. The bounds testing procedure is used to examine the long-run equilibrium relationship between defence expenditure and economic growth. The bounds test suggests that the variables are co-movement in the long … Read more
The article presents the economic outlook for Malaysia from 2007 to 2010. Islamic financial services products are expected to increase by 73% in 2007 and are projected to strengthen in coming years. The country is forecast to maintain its position as the world’s leader in Islamic banking and finance. The country introduced a number of … Read more
Knowledge propels growth in the knowledge-based economy, be it the growth of a company, an industry, or even a country. According to Toffler, knowledge is the ultimate power. Author: Quah Boon Huat. Publication: MIERScan, 16 June 2008. Download
The author discusses the results of the 2008 election in the country of Malaysia. The ruling political party led by Abdullah Badawi retained control of parliament but with a significantly reduced majority, the author reports. The social policies of the opposition coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim are examined. Source: New Statesman; 3/17/2008, Vol. 137 Issue … Read more
After consulting experts in our region and leaders in global technology companies and academia, we took the first steps to establish the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT), an effort to coax the world’s governments into collaboration on cyber-security. Since the Internet knows no national boundaries, no country, acting alone, can adequately protect itself from … Read more
The paper uses two panel unit root procedures to test stochastic convergence for 14 states in Malaysia, for the period 1960-2003. Stochastic convergence implies that idiosyncratic country-specific factors cannot explain long-run economic growth, and that shocks to relative regional real per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) have temporary effects. In this case, real per capita … Read more