Malaysia : Social and Structural Review Update
A Structural Policy Review (SPR) for Malaysia, prepared in late 1998 and early 1999, was shared with the government of Malaysia in February 1999 and subsequently appeared in gray cover in June 1999 (report no. 18647). The report covered development...
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| Format: | Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1000530/malaysia-social-structural-review-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15548 |
| Summary: | A Structural Policy Review (SPR) for
Malaysia, prepared in late 1998 and early 1999, was shared
with the government of Malaysia in February 1999 and
subsequently appeared in gray cover in June 1999 (report no.
18647). The report covered developments in the following six
areas: 1) maintaining sound macroeconomic policies and
resuming growth; 2) managing the social impact of the
crisis; 3) financial sector restructuring; 4) corporate
restructuring; 5) strengthening corporate governance and
competitiveness; and 6) strengthening public sector
management and performance. The SPR examined these short and
medium term structural issues as they came to light during
the first 14 months of the crisis. At the time the report
was written the government had formulated responses to the
crisis across a wide variety of policy instruments. Since
then, however, events have evolved. The objective of this
report is to review the progress made over the last year on
structural issues in each of the six areas covered in the
original SPR and place these in the context of what is
happening a) in other countries in the region managing the
same crisis and b) in the discussions of the new
international financial architecture. This perspective is
used to assess the quality of the current recovery and
structural basis for sustained medium term growth and
poverty reduction. |
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