World Bank: Positive impact from revival of Malaysian projects


Record: It doesn

KUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank Group expects the revival of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and Bandar Malaysia projects to have a positive impact on the country’s economic growth in the medium term.

“Certainly, public investment would be supportive of growth in the medium term from a gross domestic product perspective,” lead economist for Malaysia Richard Record told reporters at the East Asia and Pacific economic update briefing here yesterday.

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