In the aftermath of the 2008-09 global financial crisis, discussions over the appropriate levels of exchange rates occupy an important spot in the global agenda. + more >>

At a time when governments are looking for new approaches to promote economic development as the free markets paradigm has proved to be neither necessary nor adequate, the pioneering work of Sanjaya Lall offers policy relevant insights. Sharing his epistemological coordinates, the contributors to this volume develop his ideas further by treating the theory, methodology and evidence related to development issues inductively through a dynamic set of lenses. + more >>

Kedudukan kaum Melayu dalam dunia keusahawanan masih ketinggalan berbanding kaum lain walaupun pelbagai polisi diperkenalkan oleh kerajaan untuk membantu mereka. Persekitaran sosioekonomi yang pantas berubah, memerlukan polisi pembangunan ekonomi Melayu yang lebih selektif dan terfokus. Segala permasalahan yang menjadi kekangan kepada usaha peningkatan mereka perlu dianalisis secara mendalam. + more >>

Pertanian merupakan aktiviti ekonomi yang amat penting kepada ekonomi sesebuah negara. Buku ini mengupas prinsip-prinsip Islam berkaitan ekonomi pertanian. Perbahasan buku ini ditumpukan pada pemilikan dan pembangunan tanah pertanian yang terkandung dalam prinsip ihya’ al-mawat, al-harim, aliqta’ dan al-hima. Bagi upah buruh dan penyewaan tanah pertanian pula terkandung dalam prinsip ijarah, muzara’ah dan musaqat. Penulis turut membincangkan mengenai zakat pertanian, syarat-syarat tanaman yang dikenakan zakat serta nisab zakat pertanian. Buku ini turut membincangkan bagaimana Islam menjamin supaya sekuriti makanan dalam masyarakat terjaga dan terjamin melalui beberapa mekanisme agihan iaitu zakat, sedekah, korban, aqiqah, fidyah dan kifarat. + more >>

Concurrent debates amongst the advocators and opponents of globalization have taken place since its very inception. Potential in globalization has emerged amid a contradiction in its applications and operations. This book looks at the issues in the current global systems from the point of view of beneficiaries and losers. The author’s focus is directed at the agenda and those behind the concept and its current results to the populace. + more >>

In the early 1990s the spirit of regionalism has found its way in most continents: EU in Europe, NAFTA in America, and AFTA in Asia. Many of these new trading blocs cover arrangement of regional financial integration, which more or less affects the mobility of capital in the region and changes the pricing of financial assets in the related stock markets. + more >>

This book presents theories on welfare economics using easily understood examples commonly found in Malaysia. The argument of the book centres around three basic theorems.Readers will gain many insights concerning welfare issues which our contemporary society is facing. The welfare theories are also translated into usable techniques which can be applied to aid decision makers.Some case studies using these techniques are presented in the book.Readers who are keen in seeking a better future for our society will find this book indispensable. + more >>

Kemalangan, kerosakan harta benda dan kerugian dalam perniagaan adalah sebahagian daripada risiko kehidupan manusia. Sebagai agama yang sempurna, ajaran Islam sentiasa memelihara perkara asas iaitu kesejahteraan, kebajikan ekonomi dan pembangunan sosial orang Islam pada peringkat individu, keluarga, negara dan ummah. + more >>

People are in dire need of a guarantee in protection of their civil rights and property. Compensation may be made in return for harm inflicted. Al-daman may result from either contracts or harm afflicted as a result of negligence. It takes a number of forms in modern Islamic law. Among its forms are Islamic banking, credit card, Letter of Guarantee, all forms of insurance and negligence responsibilities pertaining to public and private workmen. + more >>

Buku ini membincangkan perkembangan dan perubahan teknologi menangkap ikan di Negara Brunei Darussalam antara tahun 1906-2003. Perkembangan dan perubahan tersebut dilihat mengikuti tahap-tahap sejarah Negara Brunei Darussalam bermula dari zaman Pentadbiran Residen British I (1906-1941) sampailah ke zaman Brunei Merdeka (1984-2003). + more >>

Buku ini menganalisis penglibatan masyarakat tani dalam program pembangunan komuniti. Ianya dihasilkan bagi menampung kekurangan rujukan dalam bidang pembangunan komuniti. Buku ini dimulakan dengan perbincangan tentang pengenalan masyarakat tani dan program pembangunan komuniti yang dilaksanakan oleh Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang (LPP). + more >>

This book is produced by the writer over his many years as a real estate practitioner. It covers a diverging number of areas in real estate including the valuation, the policies and legal implications of changes in the law. The writer has made no attempt to bring order to this divergence and papers were selected primarily for the sharing of knowledge; they embody the writer’s expression of views that can differ from the normally accepted ones. + more >>

The approach taken in this book is to introduce the reader to the key related-issues of the Malaysian economy. Thus, this book is a compilation of various essays in applied economics. This book is a useful reference for further works on applied research in the field of economics. Students will also benefit from this book as the essays can be used for discussion in tutorials and lectures. + more >>

This book is about the story of Asia’s momentous past half century and the forces that shaped it and will shape its immediate future. It starts with a portrait of Asia’s place in the world economy, narrowing its focus gradually to regional developments and concluding with reviews of several countries that will shape the continent’s economic destiny. The early chapters focus on how Asia, despite its baggage of history but also benefiting from favorable external circumstances, was able to take advantage of globalization and how it grapples with the simultaneous trend towards regionalism. + more >>

Dinamisme Kewangan Islam di Malaysia merupakan koleksi artikel yang disumbangkan oleh para pensyarah Jabatan Syariah dan Pengurusan dalam usaha untuk mengetengahkan persoalan dan isu-isu yang berkait dengan kewangan Islam dalam konteks aplikasi semasa. + more >>

With ten chapters ranging over industrial production, labour market, exchange rate, international trade, banking, stock market and public finance, this book provides a kaleidoscopic view of a wide spectrum of economic issues of contemporary importance. + more >>

This book analyses the distribution of government expenditure by income group, stratum and state. Besides general expenditure and development expenditure, this book examines government expenditures on social services such as health and education. Fiscal Policy and Inequality in Malaysia also highlights the equity implications of the government’s fiscal stance, particularly on public health. It also highlights Malaysia’s privatisation experiences in terms of contradictions in fiscal stance as well as equity implications. + more >>

Perusahaan Perikanan di Sabah ini meneliti pembangunan dan perkembangan perusahaan perikanan di Borneo Utara atau Sabah dalam tempoh 1750-1990. Selain itu, buku ini juga membuktikan usaha yang dijalankan oleh pihak pemerintah gagal mengenal pasti jalinan perhubungan antara pasaran, modal, teknologi, dan tenaga manusia. + more >>

This book covers a wide range of topics that provide a brief review of the Malaysian financial such as Islamic Banking, Banking Capital Regulatory and Requirements, Malaysian Derivative Markets, Corporate Governance, as well as Insider Trading in Malaysia. + more >>

This book compares the socio-economic status of the Malaysian states over the years. It compares the incidence of poverty, income and amenities by state. It examines economic structure by state, including the agriculture, manufacturing and services sub-sectors, which affect the respective state economic growth. Regional Disparities and Federalism in Malaysia examines the constitutional powers of the Federal Government and the State Governments, including powers over mineral and petroleum resources, land, forest, industrialization as well as foreign trade. In particular, it relates these powers to financial and administrative decisions, which have influenced regional disparities. + more >>

The papers in this book showcase the expertise in applied research of the staff at the Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, university of Malaya. The book should be of interest to researchers and other users of statistic, including undergraduate and graduate students. The book draws attention to the insights made possible through the application of statistic analysis to, among others, economics, finance, education, family studies and health. + more >>

Untung dalam Sistem Perbankan Islam menganalisis teori keuntungan dalam Islam dan aplikasinya dalam operasi perbankan Islam di Malaysia dengan tumpuan kepada pengurusan aset dan liabiliti. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam buku ini ialah perbandingan antara aplikasi untung dalam operasi perbankan konvensional dengan perbankan Islam. + more >>

Buku ini adalah usaha Universiti Malaya untuk membincangkan permasalahan setinggan dan usaha membasmi setinggan melalui dasar setinggan sifar. Foto-foto tentang setinggan juga dilampirkan dalam buku ini. + more >>

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This book adopts a user-perspective accounting while providing you with a firm foundation in financial and managerial accounting. + more >>

Benefits of economic development have often been unequally shared by different segments of the population in many countries. The phenomenon had long been considered in economics an inevitable consequence, as well as necessary cause, of economic growth. + more >>

BUKU INI menggunakan pendekatan multidisiplin hasil kerja lapangan di Malaysia, Singapura dan Indonesia. Analisis berpandukan maklumat sumber primer memandangkan keterbatasan maklumat dan kurangnya kajian tentang francais. Dalam arus globalisasi dewasa ini, sumbangan industri francias terhadap pembangunan ekonomi negara semakin ketara. + more >>

BUKU INI dihasilkan dalam suasana masyarakat massa amat prihatin dengan pembangunan industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS). Desakan globalisasi dan liberalisasi yang begitu kuat kebelakangan ini menambah tekanan kepada Negara-negara membangun seperti Malaysia untuk mencari sumber dalaman supaya pembangunan yang lebih adil dapat terus dilakukan pada masa depan. Analisis-analisis yang diutarakan dalam buku ini membuktikan bahawa keprihatinan masyarakat kepada IKS memang bertempat kerana sector ini mampu menjadi pemangkin kepada pembangunan ekonomi sesebuah Negara. Tambahan pula untuk mencapai taraf Negara maju, kita sepatutnya terus bergantung kepada firma-firma besar milik asing. Hanya IKS akan menyediakan landasan yang baik kepada pembangunan pelbagai kelebihan yang boleh dieksploitasi. Buku ini dipercayai sangat berguna kepada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat yang berminat dengan bidang industri dan keusahawanan. Adunan buku yang disusun dari perspektif nasional dan sejagat meluaskan kegunaannya kepada pelbagai pihak termasuk usahawan, bakal usahawan, penggubal dan pelaksana polisi, institusi-institusi sokongan, dan para pelajar di institusi-institusi pengajian tinggi bersesuaian dengan kedudukan dan fungsi masing-masing. Ia juga sesuai dijadikan bahan rujukan umum dalam proses masyarakat melengkapkan diri dengan pelbagai ilmu pengetahuan kerana sesungguhnya menuntut ilmu sangat ditekankan oleh Islam selagi hayat dikandung badan. + more >>

KANDUNGAN buku Pembangunan Ekonomi Malaysia Era Globalisasi ini disusun mengikut kronologi isu dan topik supaya para pembaca dapat memahami dengan mudah segala dasar dan proses perkembangan ekonomi negara. Kaedah perbincangan dan analisis dalam buku ini condong kepada pendekatan evolusi dengan melihat ekonomi Malaysia daripada perspektif sejarah. Ini berikutan pengaruh penjajah British yang meletakkan asas dan struktur ekonomi nagara telah meninggalkan corak dan haluan ekonomi nagara sebahagian besarnya mirip polisi tinggalan penjajah. Kerajaan mula campur tangan dengan pengenalan Dasar Ekonomi Baru pada tahun 1970. Terdapat perbezaan nyata antara pendekatan penjajah dan kerajaan Malaysia dalam menangani isu keadilan ekonomi, kemiskinan, pendidikan, kesihatan dan pembangunan sosioekonomi. + more >>

Sumber manusia adalah aset paling penting dalam menggerakkan sesebuah organisasi. Untuk menentukan penggunaan sumber ini supaya berkesan, pembentukan dan pelaksanaan pelbagai polisi dan kaedah diperlukan. Buku ini cuba menerangkan sistem-sistem sumber manusia yang perlu dalam menguruskan kakitangan dalam sesebuah organisasi. Topik-topik penting dalam bidang sumber manusia dikemukakan melalui dua belas bab yang terkandung dalam buku ini. Contoh-contoh dan data relevan berlatarkan tempatan digunakan bagi mengukuhkan penjelasan. + more >>

BUKU INI menggunakan pendekatan multidisiplin hasil kerja lapangan di Malaysia, Singapura dan Indonesia. Analisis berpandukan maklumat sumber primer memandangkan keterbatasan maklumat dan kurangnya kajian tentang francais. Dalam arus globalisasi dewasa ini, sumbangan industri francias terhadap pembangunan ekonomi negara semakin ketara. + more >>

THE GROSS domestic product is a yardstick against which many decisions are based; investment plans and programmes, salary revisions and other equally critical decision are in one way or another governed by the gross domestic product. + more >>

SQUATTER settlements have been a significant feature of towns and cities in this country since British colonial times. It is here that the lower social classes, those who labour in industry, provide services and fill the lower echelons of commercial institutions in the urban centres, live. + more >>

THE ROLE of foreign TNCs in the economic development process of the Third World countries has been a subject of continuous debates. A relatively new and evolving approach that recognized uneven development in the Third World as being one of a number of inevitable outcomes of the activities of foreign TNCs is the Internationalization of Capital approach. + more >>

THE TREMENDOUS changes that took place in the financial sector in the 1980s and early 1990s have directly or indirectly affected the finance company industry of Malaysia. Although finance companies constitute an important sub-sector that has contributed significantly towards economic development, there is a scarcity of research on the industry. + more >>

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THIS BOOK was written to provide an outline of a piece of research on "Alienation and Women Factory Workers in Kedah, Penang, and Perak", completed in November, 1992. The research was financed by the Population Studies Unit of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. + more >>

Perusahaan Perikanan di Semenanjung Malaysia memaparkan keadaan yang genting dalam industri perikanan. Oleh itu, pengarang menyarankan bagaimana sumber alam yang penting ini harus secara yang boleh memberi manfaat kepada nelayan khususnya dan rakyat amnya. Petempatan nelayan dari segi taburan, saiz, komposisi, corak dan struktur perlu dirancang serta dilaksanakan secara bersepadu. "Pekan Nelayan" dan "Perusahaan Perikanan Laut Dalam" di Zon Ekonomi Eksklusif perlu dilaksanakan segera. + more >>

Malaysia, Pertumbuhan dan Keadilan dalam Masyarakat Majmuk ialah sekumpulan esei oleh beberapa orang pengarang. Tiga bab yang awal memberi suatu pandangan menyeluruh mengenai pencapaian dan peluang ekonomi Malaysia. Bab-bab lain member tumpuan khusus kepada tajuk-tajuk: export, pekerjaan, pengagihan pendapatan, polisi perindustrian, isu-isu kewangan dan belanjawan, pertanian, kemiskinan desa dan kemudahan-kemudahan perkhidmatan asas kepada golongan miskin.
    Kevin Young dan Willem Bussink ialah Ahli Ekonomi Kanan dan Parvez Hasan pula ialah Ketua Ahli Ekonomi Bank Dunia bagi kawasan Asia Timur dan Pasifik. + more >>

"A MAJOR contribution to peasant studies, Malaysia studies, and the literature on evolutions and class consciousness."-Benedict R. Anderson, Cornell University. + more >>