The Department of Development Studies & Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS),
University of Malaya
Date : Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Time : 3:00 – 5:00pm
Venue: Lecture Hall 3 (Dewan Kuliah 3), Faculty of Economics & Administration, Uni Malaya
University of Malaya
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The First Malaysian
Human Development Report: REDESIGNING AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE
- Tan Sri Dr. Kamal Salih , Adjunct Professor, University of Malaya
- Dr. Muhammed Abdul Khalid, Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute
- Dr. Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Lecture, University of Malaya
Date : Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Time : 3:00 – 5:00pm
Venue: Lecture Hall 3 (Dewan Kuliah 3), Faculty of Economics & Administration, Uni Malaya
For decades, Malaysia generated economic growth, transformed its profile from a
primary goods producer to a manufacturing exporter, reduced income poverty and
inequality, raised education and health attainments, and moderated ethnic disparities.
Growth has been sustained and shared through consecutive implementation of a series
of development policies. However, socioeconomic progress has slowed down since the
1997 Asian financial crisis. Notably, contemporary Malaysia sees persisting inequalities,
especially of regional, gender and ethnic dimensions, and lagging development of human
capability, of institutions fostering inclusiveness and of effective governance. Social
exclusion, barriers to social mobility and economic insecurity stand in tension against the
objective of greater inclusiveness woven through all development visions and plans.
Malaysia’s first Human Development Report defines inclusive growth as comprising
equitable distribution of benefits of economic growth and of social spending across
distinct income groups and the poor irrespective of their group membership; robust
generation of broadly accessible opportunity for economic participation and safeguards
for the vulnerable; and inclusion of citizens in policy formulation and implementation,
towards minimizing social exclusion and increasing social cohesion. In accordance with
the breadth of inclusive growth, we adopt a multidisciplinary and multidimensional
approach encompassing economic, social, political and legal elements, highlighting
regional, gender, ethnic and aspects of relative deprivation.
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