Category: Domestic & International Trade

This report is part of the advisory services being provided by the World Bank at the request of the Government of Malaysia. The first phase of advisory services includes (i) the firm-level survey and (ii) the report on firm competitiveness. The second phase is aimed at implementing the findings of this report and will include… Continue reading Malaysia: Firm Competitiveness, Investment Climate, and Growth

Malaysia’s favourable ranking in terms of international competitiveness masks its institutional weaknesses. Malaysia should reform its institutions to address these weaknesses to remain competitive. Publication/Conference: MIERScan, 29 October 2007 [Download]

There is a need to stimulate the domestic economy, particularly investment, as the economy has largely been driven by consumption and the external sector in the past several years. Now that the external segment has toned down, the domestic sector has little choice but to step up further. Publication/Conference MIERScan, 1 October 2007 [Download]

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a critical role in Malaysia’s development strategy. The government continues to rely heavily on FDI as a means to finance development. However, FDI stocks for Malaysia have been stagnating since the financial crisis and is worrying especially when compared to our competitors. Publication/Conference MIERScan, 18 February 2008. [Download]

Reveals that, despite the rapid growth of Malaysia and other South-East Asian economies, very little is known about innovation in the region. Using Malaysia as an example, the evidence shows that technological and organizational innovation at the local transnational corporation (TNC) plant level has played a major part in Malaysia’s export success. [Download]

This paper attempts to make a contribution to the recent search for a suitable assessment of the economic feasibility of a higher degree of monetary cooperation in East Asia. By using a structural vector autoregression approach as well as a generalized purchasing power parity approach, we find that a larger group of appropriately selected East… Continue reading Is East Asia Fit For An Optimum Currency Area? An Assessment Of The Economic Feasibility Of A Higher Degree Of Monetary Cooperation In East Asia