Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52740 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/113
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Conflicts within the Malaysian federation have been rooted in socio-economic disparities and the struggle for control of natural resource rents, which State Governments previously had exclusive control over, as originally provided for by the federal constitution. The advance of fiscal centralization since then has also aggravated federal-state tensions, which have been relatively ignored due to the long-standing Malaysian pre-occupation with inter-ethnic tensions. Inter-regional resource transfers and central fiscal and political dominance have been used to undermine the more independent State Governments, especially those held by opposition parties. While the federal government is clearly dominant, central control over the State Governments has varied, especially in Sabah and Sarawak, with the continued hegemony of the national ruling coalition depending on successfully combining the carrot with the stick. – conflict ; fiscal policy ; regional policy ; Malaysia
JEL: 
O1
R58
O53
O23
ISBN: 
9291903531
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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