Journal Article

NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Socio-Economic Concerns Amid Stability and Plenty

Sulaiman, Hamzah

2003

Overview

The main concerns in 2002 continued to be economic growth and diversification, including the related challenge of graduate unemployment. Bruneians generally remained satisfied with their depoliticized welfare state, notwithstanding some social concerns like drug-taking. The year 2002 was an active year for foreign diplomatic and military relations.

• Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
• Subject: Banking industry / Bilateralism / Broadcasting industry / Brunei / BRUNEI DARUSSALAM / Bureaucracy / Capital punishment / Colleges & universities / Communications industry / Crime / Criminal law / Criminal statistics / Diplomatic relations / Disease / Diversification / Drug policy / Drug use / Economic conditions / Economic development / Economic growth / Economic indicators / Economic policy / Education / Education policy / Financial investments / Financial services / Forecasts / Foreign relations / Fossil fuels / Funding / GDP / Government / Government cabinets / Graduates / Gross Domestic Product / Health care / Health care policy / Higher education / Housing / International finance / Investment / Judiciary / Law / Law enforcement / Legislation / Logistics / Macroeconomics / Manufacturing / Market analysis / Mass media / Military exercises / Morbidity / Narcotics / Oil companies / Pensions / Petrochemicals industry / Petroleum industry / Police / Political parties / Politicians / Politics / Prisons / Public officials / Public policy / Regional studies / Regulation / Royalty / Savings / Scholarship funds / Securities markets / Service industries / Small & medium sized enterprises-SME / Social conditions & trends / Social policy / Social security / Society / Socioeconomics / Southeast Asia / Students / Telecommunications industry / Training / Transportation industry / Unemployment / Universities / Venture capital / Welfare state