Article(print) World Affairs Online1983

The politics of poverty eradication: The implementation of development projects in a Malaysian district

In: Pacific affairs, Volume 56, Issue 3, p. 455-476

Shamsul, Amri Baharuddin

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Abstract

After a brief discussion of the origins of Malaysia's NEP (New Economic Policy launched in association with the government's Second Malaysia Plan 1971-75) and its objectives, the implementation of the NEP, especially its "poverty eradication" aspect, within one administrative district is examined. Bureaucratic operations of the "district development machinery" controlled by politicians. This machinery has now become an integral part of the local ruling party (United Malays National Organization, UMNO) apparatus. (DÜI-Sen)

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