Economy of Malaysia

Khurram Economic Analysis of Malaysia Malaysia is a multi-cultural Southeast Asian country with a federal constitutional monarchy. Malaysia originated from the Malay Kingdoms which were subject to the British Empire for a long time. Malaysia gained independence in August 1957. Today, Due to Malaysia’s natural resources, it has an average GDP growth rate of 6.5% for around 50 years. Malaysia has a very attractive GDP growth, due to its various strengths in its economy, healthcare, abundance of natural

and the scopes of the study are described. 1.1 Background of the Study 1.1.1 Malaysia Economic Growth Malaysian economy was consistently reached a GDP growth of more than 7% followed by the low inflation rate in the 1980s and 1990s. The economy went on to an extensive diversification and continued economic growth averaging 9% per annum in the period of 1988-1997. During the year of 1996-1997, on average, the economy had grown at annual rate of 8.7% whereas inflation averaged 3.8% and the unemployment

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN MALAYSIA Foreign direct investment (FDI) in its classic form is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country. It is the establishment of an enterprise by a foreigner. More specifically, foreign direct investment is a cross-border corporate governance mechanism through which a company obtains productive assets in another country .Its definition can be extended to include investments made to acquire

the Malaysian economy had expanded to 5.1% during the first half year of 2012 compared with the previous year of 2011 which is 4.7% and this has been increased by 0.4%. As the Euro region debt crisis shows no obvious indication of alleviate, the global economic is prospective to further ease up during the second half of 2012. During second half year of 2012, the depravation of the slowdown of emerging economies especially in India and China or the economic growth in developed economies correction in

Introduction The research paper aims to study the reasons why Malaysia is more advanced than Indonesia despite the fact that Malaysia gained their independence years after Indonesia had gained hers. Moreover, it aims to look at the reasons its economy is failing, effects of the reasons and how to recover from the effects. It will act as a guide to not only Indonesia, but to other countries that may be lagging behind in terms of development. The findings of the study will enhance better understanding

For example, Bahasa Melayu was being practiced by whole residents in Malaysia as our national language. When almost university used English as their official language and also being practiced in teaching and communication, it shows that Bahasa Melayu being liked abandon behind. Tukus Dubrow observed that English language is

become issues worldwide, including Malaysia. Unemployment can be defined as those of working age who is without work, but who are available for work at current wage rate. In other word, unemployment involved people who are seeking for a job, but unable to find one. Historically, from 1998 until 2013, Malaysia Unemployment Rate average 3.33 Percent reaching an all time high of 4.5 Percent in March of 1999 and a record low of 2.70 Percent in August of 2012. In Malaysia, the unemployment rate is measured

INFRASTRUCTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA Introduction 1. Malaysia has achieved substantial success in its rural development, especially in reducing the incidence of poverty in both rural and urban. In the process, the rural areas have been developed with infrastructures, utility, social amenities, health and school facilities and etc to support the economic development of the country as well as increasing the quality of life of her populace. The productivity and incomes of the rural

Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim was known for his intelligence and perserverance, he became one of famous names in Malaysia history. He has made great contribution to the economic development of Malaysia and become one of the richest and the high esteemed people of Malaysia. He has $600 million of net worth was estimated by Forbes, ranking in the 9th richest man in Malaysia. Born in July 1939 in Kuala Lumpur and grew up in a family of thirteen siblings, his father was a highly disciplined man and his

currency risk is the possibility that the value of assets or income will decrease as inflation shrinks the purchasing power of a currency. Inflation causes money to decrease in value at some rate, and does so whether the money is invested or not. Malaysia is part of the worldwide emerging market where the country aims to achieve the status of a developed country by the year 2020, however, the increase in inflation and currency risk may effect that vision from happening. As inflation and currency plays