World Bank: Malaysia improves in business facilitation


PETALING JAYA: The World Bank’s International Finance Corp (IFC) has ranked Malaysia 18th out of 189 other countries in terms of conducting business.

In the 2015 IFC World Bank Doing Business Report, Malaysia was placed ahead of Taiwan, Switzerland, Thailand, the Netherlands and Japan. It ranked second in Asean and fourth in Asia after Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea.

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