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World Bank Report Highlights Opportunities for Malaysia to Strengthen Economic Mobility on Path to High-Income Status
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5, 2025—Malaysia has made impressive strides in economic growth and poverty reduction over the past few decades, setting the stage for its transition to high-income nation status between...
Date: February 04, 2025 Type: Press Release Language: English
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East Asia and Pacific: Resilient Growth in Turbulent Times
Washington DC, October 7th, 2024 - Developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is continuing to grow faster than the rest of the world in 2024, but slower than before the pandemic, the World Bank said in its...
Date: October 07, 2024 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Zafer Mustafaoglu Appointed World Bank Country Director for the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei
MANILA, JULY 1, 2024— The World Bank has announced the appointment of economist Zafer Mustafaoglu as Country Director for the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam, effective July 1, 2024. Mustafaoglu...
Date: July 01, 2024 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Improving Early Education Essential to Improve Skills in Malaysia, Support Long-term Growth, World Bank Report Says
KUALA LUMPUR, April 25, 2024— Malaysia's long-term growth prospects depend critically on bolstering its human capital by improving learning outcomes for children, according to the World Bank Malaysia Economic...
Date: April 25, 2024 Type: Press Release Language: English
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East Asia and Pacific to Sustain Growth Amid Global Headwinds
Addressing firm productivity slowdown key to long-term growth WASHINGTON, March 31, 2024—Developing East Asia and Pacific is growing faster than the rest of the world but slower than it was before the...
Date: March 31, 2024 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Malaysia can build a fairer future with higher revenues and better public spending
KUALA LUMPUR, October 10, 2023 – Malaysia’s economy is projected to expand by 3.9% in 2023 amid subdued external demand but edge up to 4.3% in 2024, as an anticipated global recovery offset a slowdown...
Date: October 09, 2023 Type: Press Release Language: English
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East Asia and Pacific: Sustained Growth, Momentum Slowing
Improving external conditions to benefit region in 2024 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2023—Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is projected to remain strong at 5% in 2023 but will ease in the second half...
Date: October 01, 2023 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Size of Relief, Timely Assistance Were Key to East Asia’s COVID-19 Response, World Bank Study Finds
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2023 – The magnitude of the policy response and timely assistance to businesses and households helped alleviate the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in East Asia and Pacific...
Date: July 11, 2023 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Jay Desan, Malaysia: Creative, Flexible, Adventurous
Jay Desan co-founded Kuala Lumpur-based agritech startup, Boomgrow Productions Sdn Bhd, which started based on a simple question: ‘How can people eat better?’ – and now grows healthy, pesticide-free...
Date: March 05, 2023 Type: Feature Story Language: English
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East Asia and Pacific Sustaining Growth, Restraining Inflation, but Facing Risks Ahead
Growth in Region Buoyed by Recovery in Domestic Demand WASHINGTON, September 26, 2022 – Growth in most of developing East Asia and the Pacific rebounded in 2022 from the effects of COVID-19, while China...
Date: September 26, 2022 Type: Press Release Language: English
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East Asia and Pacific Economic Recovery Faces Risks from the War in Ukraine, U.S. Monetary Tightening, and China Slowdown
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2022—The war in Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries from the COVID-19 shock, the World Bank said on Monday. The war comes on top...
Date: April 04, 2022 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Creating a Sustainable Tomorrow in Malaysia: Juliana Adam
What inspired you to start working in sustainability? I actually started my journey wanting to do something for marginalized communities. I've always wanted to help in a way that empowers them to make...
Date: March 08, 2022 Type: Feature Story Language: English
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Economic Recovery in East Asia and Pacific Faces Setback
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2021—The East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery has been undermined by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, prolonging the distress for firms and households, likely slowing...
Date: September 27, 2021 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Long COVID: East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, October 2021
Key Findings | Summary | Report | Supporting Analysis
Date: September 27, 2021 Type: Publication Language: English
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Manuela Ferro, World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific
WASHINGTON, September 16, 2021 – Manuela V. Ferro, an economist and senior leader in the World Bank, is the new World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific. Ms. Ferro brings over three decades...
Date: September 16, 2021 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Emerging Economic Growth Trends in Malaysia Threatened by Resurging Pandemic, Says Latest World Bank Economic Monitor
KUALA LUMPUR, June 23, 2021 – Malaysia’s economy is projected to grow by 4.5 percent in 2021 amid a dramatic resurgence of the COVID-19 virus beginning in mid-April 2021. This recent spike in infections...
Date: June 23, 2021 Type: Press Release Language: English
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ASEAN Member States Adopt Regional Action Plan to Tackle Plastic Pollution
JAKARTA, 28 May 2021 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched the ASEAN Regional Action Plan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Member States (2021 – 2025), which provides a...
Date: May 28, 2021 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Uneven Recovery: East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2021
Full report | Overview | Key findings | Policy priorities
Date: March 25, 2021 Type: Publication Language: English
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Plastic Circularity Market Study Series: Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines
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Date: March 21, 2021 Type: Publication Language: English
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Better Managing Plastic Waste Could Combat Marine Pollution and Unlock Billions of Dollars for a Circular Economy: Southeast Asia
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021— A series of World Bank Group studies launched today examine the untapped economic opportunities to promote plastic circularity and address marine debris in Malaysia, the Philippines...
Date: March 21, 2021 Type: Press Release Language: English