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Bold Malaysia

Source: Financial Times

Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia | 5 months ago

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But a bold reform in Malaysia shows that neither development is inevitable. The Malaysian government has just radically reformed its long-established policy of ethnically-based economic quotas. This policy shift shows that it is still possible to react to a deep recession by liberalising the economy...

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