Capacity building in infrastructure for socio-economic growth and development: Malaysia and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as an ideal initiator and host of the 1st dedicated and construction focused training institution for the Muslim world?

Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin and Hasan, Sharina Farihah and Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Aripin, Srazali (2013) Capacity building in infrastructure for socio-economic growth and development: Malaysia and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as an ideal initiator and host of the 1st dedicated and construction focused training institution for the Muslim world? In: 1st World Congress on Integration & Islamicisation of Acquired Human Knowledge (FWCII 2013), 23-25 August 2013, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The paper initially discusses the concept of the Muslim World and highlights on the predicaments facing them in relation to socio-economic growth and development. The second part of the paper reviews the significance of construction to an economy focusing on the economies of the countries of the Muslim World. The outcome of the review suggests the construction sector in most of the countries have been performing below par so much so that they are acting as among the constraints in effort towards promoting and sustaining the countries’ socio-economic growth and development. The third part of the paper reviews the state of construction related training and education in the countries of the Muslim World focusing on training at tertiary levels. The outcome of the review suggests that credible and sufficient training programs and institutions to develop indigenous construction related skills and expertise are lacking and in some countries almost non-existence. Construction is significant to a country’s economy, irrespective of the country’s levels of socio-economic growth and development. It has been established that construction is more important to a developing country than to a developed country, notably due to the fact that construction provides the basic infrastructure that the developing country urgently requires in order to promote and sustain socio-economic growth and development. Acknowledging the connection between construction and socio-economic growth and development and the lack of capacity in the indigenous construction related skills and expertise, the fourth and final part of the paper proposes and discusses several strategies, the key strategy being the establishment of credible tertiary educational institutions dedicated to the studies of construction and construction related programs for the countries of the Muslim World. The paper concludes with a key recommendation and justifications on why Malaysia – in particular International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) – is considered the most ideal candidate to kick-start the initiative to set up the Muslim World’s first dedicated and construction focused tertiary institution.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	5137/32671
Uncontrolled Keywords:	construction, economy, development, education, IIUM, Muslim
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Architecture Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Quantity Surveying
Depositing User:	Dr Mohammad Abdul Mohit
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2013 12:00
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2013 14:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/32671

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