Wawasan 2020

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rdf:langString Wawasan 2020 or Vision 2020 is a Malaysian ideal introduced by the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad during the tabling of the in 1991. The vision calls for the nation to achieve a self-sufficient industrialised nation by the year 2020, encompasses all aspects of life, from economic prosperity, social well-being, educational worldclass, political stability, as well as psychological balance. To achieve Vision 2020, Mahathir lamented that the nation required an annual growth of 7% (in real terms) over the thirty-year period 1990–2020, so that the economy would be eightfold stronger than its 1990 GDP of RM115 billion. This would translate to a GDP of RM920 billion (in 1990 Ringgit terms) in 2020. Under Vision 2020 from 1991 to 2020, there are 3 sub 10 year development policy namely National development Policy 1991-2000 with OPP2, National Vision Policy 2001-2010 with OPP3 and New Economic Model 2011-2020 with National Transformation Programme NTP and UTP. Mahathir outlined nine strategic challenges that Malaysia must overcome to achieve Vision 2020. * Challenge 1: Establishing a united Malaysian nation made up of one Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race). * Challenge 2: Creating a psychologically liberated, secure and developed Malaysian society. * Challenge 3: Fostering and developing a mature democratic society. * Challenge 4: Establishing a fully moral and ethical society. * Challenge 5: Establishing a matured liberal and tolerant society. * Challenge 6: Establishing a scientific and progressive society. * Challenge 7: Establishing a fully caring society. * Challenge 8: Ensuring an economically just society, in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation. * Challenge 9: Establishing a prosperous society with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient. Wawasan 2020 is also the title of an article by William Greider about globalisation in Malaysia.