The centre of global economic activity is shifting rapidly towards Asia, driven by a combination of the economic … and rising global prominence has raised a range of major challenges for Asia and for the rest of the world. This …

Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has … resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade … improvements in transport infrastructure (i.e., the road density network, air transport, railways, ports, and logistics) have …

The objective of this report is to explore firm competitiveness, the investment climate, and growth in Malaysia. This … chapters examine how productivity enhancing programs, skills and technology, have performed in Malaysia. The diagnosis is based …

This paper studies economic growth in Malaysia, with the purpose of assessing the potential to attain the status and …-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Under the business-as-usual baseline, Malaysia's GDP growth is expected to decline from 4.5 to 2 … capital and slowing growth rates of total factor productivity and human capital. Strong reforms are required for Malaysia to …