01709cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015309 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513556017 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cherif, Reda. The Leap of the Tiger : How Malaysia Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap / Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (27 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Only a few European economies and Korea and Taiwan Province of China reached high-income status during 1970-2010. Malaysia's real income per capita increased to 26 percent of the U.S. level in 2010 from 20 percent in 1970. Despite relatively strong growth and a substantial improvement in export sophistication, Malaysia's total factor productivity lagged behind that of Korea and Taiwan Province of China. We argue that what characterizes their experience in contrast to Malaysia's is the creation of technologies by domestic firms and a push to leapfrog to the technological frontier at an early stage of development. Mode of access: Internet Hasanov, Fuad. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/131 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2015/131/001.2015.issue-131-en.xml IMF e-Library