Rubber and the Malaysian EconomyThe Malaysian economy. Supply and demand for rubber - an analytical history. The competition between synthetic and natural rubber. Commodity control schemes for rubber. The economic organization of natural rubber production. Natural rubber and Malaysian economic development. |
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