Public Expenditure and Income Distribution in Malaysia (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)

Synopsis

This book studies the impact of public expenditure allocations in achieving income equality goals in Malaysia. The book examines the initial functional and institutional distribution of income across different institutional agents and sectors and evaluates the impact of the public expenditure policies in reducing the inter-ethnic and rural–urban disparity. Since Malaysia has made enormous progress in eliminating poverty, the authors suggest that a change of emphasis in the public expenditure policy may now be called for. They present evidence on the importance of public expenditure in improving income inequality and examine the initial functional and institutional distribution of income across different institutional agents and sectors. The development of the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) model that presents both economic and social statistics in an economy can be served as a useful tool of this work. The SAM model is used to evaluate the impact of the public expenditure policies in reducing inter-ethnic and rural–urban disparity. A comprehensive source of information on how to deal with inequality economic challenges, the book will be of interest to economists and researchers on Southeast Asian Studies.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

132 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000685480

Related ISBNs:

9781032298849, 9781003302506, 9781032298863

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/18/22

Copyrighted By:

Mukaramah Harun and Sze Ying Loo. The right of Mukaramah Harun and Sze Ying Loo to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

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