Malaysia Business Environment Index 2012
On May 8, The Asia Foundation released findings from its first Malaysia Business Environment Index, the only diagnostic tool designed to measure business-friendliness of local governments in the country. Explore rankings on the interactive data visualization site:
The above graphic displays the overall district scores of the Business Environment Index (BEI). For a more comprehensive analysis of the data, visit "Business Environment Index: Malaysia," our interactive data visualization project.
MALAYSIA'S OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
A history of cooperation and solidarity with developing nations
In 2011, I co-wrote a chapter on Malaysia's foreign policy and South-South Cooperation for Emerging Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation, a publication produced by The Asia Foundation and the Korea Development Institute for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea. Since its independence in 1957, Malaysia has a long and noble history of cooperation and solidarity with developing nations in Asia and Africa through training assistance and capacity building. Today, South-South Cooperation continues as an important tenet in Malaysia's foreign policy. Achieving and sustaining high-income nation status will depend both on domestic policy reform and strategic international relations. The time is ripe for Malaysia to rethink and reshape its development cooperation framework to continue its legacy as a champion of sustainable and smart partnerships for shared development in the 21st century.
— HERIZAL HAZRI
Program Director, Kuala Lumpur