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Malaysia’s economy one year after election

One year on from Mahathir’s shock re-election, the Malaysian prime minister has made some useful progress in tackling corruption, but his decision to eliminate the Goods and Service Tax (GST) and revive a number of stalled construction projects look like big policy mistakes.

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