Key for country to build a stronger business nexus


Talent is seen as Malaysia’s persistent headache in its effort to bring in investments.

PETALING JAYA: Talent, or a lack of it for suitable jobs, remains Malaysia’s achilles heel when it comes to attracting more investments, domestic or foreign.

That is what lead economist for Malaysia at the World Bank Apurva Sanghi thinks, as he also highlighted in a tweet on X that other factors affecting investor decision making are policy stability, as well as the quality of both physical and digital infrastructure.

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