After dropping 83% between 2007 and 2009, foreign direct investment (FDI) into Malaysia staged an impressive comeback. By 2010 the 2007 mark was broken. The next year, FDI was up another 12.2%. What transpired has no single explanation. In part, the remarkable rebound was just a recognition that the pullback was an overreaction – to a great extent...
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