2012-05-24T14:56:56Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/malaysia.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP372.html May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012

The area between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia is a key hub of terrorist and related criminal activity in Southeast Asia. The Coast Watch System was designed to improve maritime domain awareness in the region but has some issues to overcome.

http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MFLS.html Sep 17, 2010 Sep 17, 2010

The Malaysian Family Life Surveys were conducted in 1976-1977 and 1988-1989. The surveys collected detailed current and retrospective information on family structure, fertility, economic status, education, and more from a partially-overlapping sample of more than 4,000 individuals and households.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/02/09/AWSJ.html Feb 8, 2009 Feb 8, 2009

<p>The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ranks as one of the biggest challenges facing the Obama administration. Luckily, Mr. Obama has a tool to combat this threat, in the form of the Proliferation Security Initiative.... The trick now will be to convince key Asian countries to participate, writes Charles Wolf Jr.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG806.html Dec 21, 2008 Dec 21, 2008

<p>The Proliferation Security Initiative consists of 91 countries seeking to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction between states or non-state actors that would thereby pose a serious threat to global or regional security. This report assesses the perspectives of the five "hold-out" nations and how to possibly gain their affiliation.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP198.html May 11, 2008 May 11, 2008

<p>Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government's often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060338.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>This study investigates, for a sample of 1,327 births, the reliability with which women in Peninsular Malaysia recalled, at intervals 12 years apart, reasons for not initiating or for stopping breastfeeding less than 3 months after a birth.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1111.html May 12, 2005 May 12, 2005

Analyze the effects of wives' earnings on household earnings' inequality in Peninsular Malaysia in 1976 and 1988. We find that wives' earnings helped equalize the distribution of household earnings in Malaysia, both at the two points in time and over time.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP183.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP141.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

Correlates of Short Interbirth Intervals in Peninsula Malaysia: Their Pathways of Influence Through Breastfeeding and Contraceptive Use

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3013.html Dec 31, 2002 Dec 31, 2002

Using data from the First and Second Malaysian Family Life Surveys, this report examines how well a woman's responses to two fertility-preference questions predict that woman's subsequent fertility.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2881.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

Using data from the First and Second Malaysian Family Life Surveys, the authors analyze the effects of wives' earnings on household earnings inequality in Malaysia in 1976 and 1988.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB5066.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP998.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

Forest Fires, Air Pollution, and Mortality in Southeast Asia

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP843.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

Parent-Child Coresidence and Quasi-Coresidence in Penisular Malaysia

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU1589.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

Using retrospective data from the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey, the authors estimate hazard models of nestleaving in Peninsular Malaysia.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP632.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

In this paper the authors discuss a number of hypotheses about motives for intergenerational transfers within the family.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP621.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

How do parents and children help one another? : socioeconomic determinants of intergenerational transfers in Peninsular Malaysia

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP620.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

Mother-child coresidence and quasi-coresidence in Peninsular Malaysia

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP602.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

Ethnic differences in parents' coresidence with adult children in Peninsular Malaysia

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP494.html Dec 31, 1995 Dec 31, 1995

Child mortality in Malaysia : ethnic differences and the recent decline