Abstract
Malaysia has over 25 years of continuous experience making and carrying out development policy in a form immediately recognizable and accessible to Western analysts. This experience is well documented to a fault and studied assiduously1 ? perhaps more because of the re lative ease of penetration and comprehension than for the applicability of Malaysia's experience elsewhere. It happens that economic growth with equity is the central feature of Malaysian development policy and has been so from the beginning. This paper gives a more discursive treatment in which the central theme is the amazing ability of the Malaysian people to apply their resources well, to adapt and alter course thoughtfully and effectively, and to cherish and maintain a comparatively democratic and free society. How can they do this? Four features of Malaysia's develop ment history make this possible. They are:
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