Pilot Studies for a New Penang / / ed. by Kee Beng Ooi, Ban Lee Goh.
Most of the chapters in this volume were first presented at the Penang Outlook Forum 2009, held on 1-2 June 2009 at the E&O Hotel in Penang. A few others have been added to complement those at the conference. At present, comprehensive and authoritative studies on Penang's current economic c...
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Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTRIBUTORS
- FOREWORD
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Moving Penang from Past to Present
- 2. Asia’s Shift towards Innovation and Its Implications for Penang
- 3. Shallow Pockets but Close to the Action: Industrial Policy at the Sub-national Level and the Case of Penang
- 4. Implementing Pro-Employment Policies at the Sub-national Level
- 5. Re-thinking State and Health Care in Penang
- 6. Social Justice and the Penang Housing Question
- 7. Some Thoughts on Private Higher Education in Penang
- 8. Re-examining State Finances and Governance: The Challenge for Penang
- 9. Tweaking the State Delivery Mechanism: The Case of the MPPP
- 10. Positioning Penang for Sustainable Growth
- 11. The Wage-Productivity Question and Women in the Workforce: A Labour Statistics Approach for the Penang State Government
- 12. The Embodiment of Social Justice in Employment Legislation and HR Practices
- Epilogue. Social Dimensions of Economic Development