Malaysia Economic Monitor – Inclusive growth

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The World Bank’s diagnosis (third to date) of the Malaysian economy and recommendations for economic reforms.

Why updating Malaysia’s inclusiveness strategies is key

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Philip Schellekens, lead author of the Malaysia Economic Monitor 2011, outlines the key issues faced by the Malaysian economy.

Malaysia: Strive for the fairest mechanism in wage consultation

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Lee Hwok Aun questions the government’s policy making process and commitment to “listening to the Rakyat” in announcing the formation of the National Wage Consultation Council.

Malaysia: How poor are we, really?

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Sheridan Mahavera asks if the Malaysian government has actually managed to identify correctly the extent of poverty in Malaysia.

Malaysia: Driving an economy with imagination

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Shankaran Nambiar discusses the need for imagination when intervening in the economy. However this imagination must be tempered with reason, reality and a sense of history, if it is to be productive.

Malaysia’s poverty line

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Malaysia needs a new poverty line – one that is in tandem with its ambition to become a developed nation by 2020.

Has Malaysia really eradicated poverty?

Unrealistically low poverty line results in rosier statistics in Malaysia, argues Jeyakumar Devaraj.