Is Malaysia Facing Negative Deindustrialization

摘要: This paper seeks to examine whether Malaysia is facing negative deindustrialization by examining value-added, trade and productivity trends over the period 1990-2005. The evidence produced in concrete enough confirm that deindustrialization. While it typical, as part of process structural change, see a rise fall share occupied manufacturing GDP, shows indeed premature with trend slowdown performance since 2000. Not only has been falling, labour also slowed down, key sectors such electric-electronics, textiles transport equipment showing either or low growth Malaysian industrial policies have fairly successful connecting global value chains multinationals developing resource-based industries, but not achieved same success stimulating their transformation high value-added activities. lack effective institutional partly explained ethnic policies, advanced prime reason for setting Malaysia.