In 1997-98, five east Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand -- experienced …

In the Asian crisis of 1997-98 some countries followed IMF prescriptions for stabilization and recovery. Malaysia went … concludes that there is no evidence of a better performance and not surprisingly so. Capital controls were imposed after the … crisis was over, as interest rates in all Asian crisis economies, including Malaysia, were already declining rapidly and as …

Malaysia recovered from the Asian financial crisis swiftly after the imposition of capital controls in September 1998 … play a significant role in facilitating Malaysia's rebound. However, the financial crisis was deepening in Malaysia in the …

Ethnic riots broke out in Malaysia in 1969, prompting a national effort at affirmative action favoring the poorer … (majority) of "Bumiputera" (mainly Malays). Since then, Malaysia's official poverty measures indicate one of the fastest long …