The Malaysia Country Gender Diagnostic Note will serve as a guide to identify the priority areas for the World Bank … country office in Malaysia to address the gender equality challenges in meeting the country's aspirations and next stage of … Statistics Malaysia. The diagnostic commences with a review of Malaysia's performance in gender indicators in global indices, and …

Following the surge in COVID-19 infections in Q3 2021, Malaysia is gradually emerging from the worst wave of the … ensure that targeted support measures remain in place. The Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM) consists of two parts. Part 1 … is key to Malaysia's medium-term development prospects and to the achievement of shared prosperity …

paper analyzes the construction and use of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Malaysia, which the Malaysian …, income) at levels more appropriate for an upper-middle-income country such as Malaysia. Recent national survey data are used …

number of deaths. While it took almost one year for Malaysia to record its first 100,000 cases, the increase in the number of …

Islamic trade finance (ITF) offers a meaningful opportunity for Malaysia. ITF can play a substantial role to support … finance industry in which Malaysia is an established leader. This report explores the ITF opportunity by considering: (1) the … ahead in expanding ITF; and (4) opportunities for expanding ITF in Malaysia. The report includes (5) a set of …

This report is part of the series focusing on documenting the lessons from Malaysia for other developing countries in …