Can Malaysia deliver on structural reform?

Malaysia’s latest plan to boost its competitiveness, announced last week, looks realistic and achievable. Effective implementation of the new reforms will be key. But the target of lifting GDP growth to 6.0% in 2011-15 does not look too ambitious, even if global conditions end up being more challenging over the next few years than was the case over 2002-2008.

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