How will the planned investments in transport affect competitiveness and access to markets?
Malaysia Economy
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jebasingam Issace John, CEO, East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Articles & Analysis | A big push: Several sectors will support growth in the East Coast Economic Region from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Uniting the states of Terengganu, Pahang, Kelantan and the Johor district of Mersing under its remit, the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) covers the entire eastern half of Peninsular Malaysia. Despite its size, this is a comparatively underpopulated and spread-out region. At 66,000 sq km of territory, the ECER covers some 51% of the land area...
Articles & Analysis | Aiming high: Melaka’s location and existing infrastructure give it an edge as the state looks to develop further from The Report: Malaysia 2012
From distant beginnings as a key South-east Asian trading settlement, Melaka has since grown into a vibrant, multicultural, global entrepot – in many ways, a distillation of modern Malaysia. Like the country too, the state is also now looking towards the future, with its sights firmly set on the power of the sun, travel and space – as well as on...
Articles & Analysis | Work in progress: The development blueprint embraces private sector involvement from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Despite its high exposure to trade, Malaysia continued to enjoy a relatively strong rate of expansion in 2012. Soft global demand for manufacturing exports and volatile palm oil prices failed to dent domestic consumer confidence. The local corporate sector and households powered ahead with spending, while government investment plans were supported...
Articles & Analysis | Up the value chain: Manufacturing and services fill the gap left by declining commodities from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Along with its neighbours, Malaysia has remained a beacon of economic optimism, maintaining a positive trajectory as Western economies have faltered in recent years. While the country’s GDP growth has been sustained over the last few decades, the engines of growth continue to be expanded, improved and reinvented to adapt to a changing global...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jim O’Neill, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management from The Report: Malaysia 2012
In July 2012 the European Central Bank and the Central Bank of China reduced interest rates. What does this mean for these economies?