Regional disparities, income inequality, and poverty: A cumulative causation from Malaysia's experience

• Main Authors: Golam Hassan, Asan Ali, Mohd Mustafa, Muszafarshah
• Other Authors: Ananta, Aris
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2011
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/4825/1/Asan.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/4825/; http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/ISEAS/Book.jsp?cSeriesCode=PIC202&cCategoryType=

Changes in economic structure are normally associated with an economy's transformation from an emphasis on agriculture to a more modern, more urbanized, and more industrially diverse manufacturing and services economy. Structural change refers to the relative importance of sectors in the econom...