Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Malaysia’s Political Analysis
2.1: Structure and Stability of Government
2.2: Government Changes and Policy Stability
2.2.1: Policy Agenda – Reforms and Future Plans
3. Malaysia’s Economic Analysis
3.2: Sectoral Contribution to GDP and GDP Growth Rate
3.3: Pricing Trends- Inflation and Interest Rates
3.4: Consumption, Saving, and Investment Trends
3.5: International Trade and Its Contribution to GDP
3.6: Foreign Direct Investment by Industry
4. Malaysia’s Economic and Business Risk Analysis
4.1: Risk in Financial Sector
4.1.1: Risk in Current Account Balance
4.1.2. Terms of Trade of Malaysia
4.2. Risk in Balance of Payment (BOP)
4.3: Risk in Foreign Exchange Reserves and Exchange Rate
4.3.1: Risk in Fiscal Balance
4.3.2: External Debt and Default Risk
4.4: Credit Rating of Countries – Credibility in the Debt Market
5. Malaysia’s Social Analysis
5.1: Social and Demographic Analysis
5.2: Labor Market – Quality and Availability
5.3: Social Development Index
6. Malaysia’s R&D and Technological Factors
6.1: R&D Expenditure in Malaysia
6.2: Impact of Technology in Industry
6.3: Technology Policy
7. Malaysia’s Legal Analysis
7.1: Company Law
7.2: Labor Law
7.3: Tax Law
7.4: Economic Policies – A Recent Development
7.5: Doing Business in Malaysia 2015 – Process to Establish Business
8. Malaysia’s Environmental Analysis
8.1: Environment Policy
9. SWOT Analysis – Search of Potential Opportunities in Malaysia
List of Figures
Chapter 3. Malaysia’s Economic Analysis
Figure 3.1: Economic Scenarios of Major Countries in 2015
Figure 3.2: Trends of Real GDP Growth Rate
Figure 3.3: Scenario Analysis of GDP Forecast
Figure 3.4: Trends of the Per Capita Income
Figure 3.5: GDP Sectoral Contribution
Figure 3.6: Share of Different Sectors to GDP in 2015
Figure 3.7: Annual Trends of Inflation and Interest Rates
Figure 3.8: Quarterly Interest Rate of Malaysia
Figure 3.9: Trends of Savings and Investments as Percentage of GDP
Figure 3.10: Trends of Consumption Expenditure as Percentage of GDP
Figure 3.11: Malaysia’s International Trade Structure
Figure 3.12: Malaysia’s Exports by Product 2010
Figure 3.13: Malaysia’s Exports by Product 2015
Figure 3.14: Malaysia’s Imports by Product 2010
Figure 3.15: Malaysia’s Imports by Product 2015
Figure 3.16: Malaysia’s Exports by Country 2010
Figure 3.17: Malaysia’s Exports by Country 2015
Figure 3.18: Malaysia’s Imports by Country 2010
Figure 3.19: Malaysia’s Imports by Country 2015
Figure 3.20: Trends of Imports and Exports as Percentage of GDP
Figure 3.21: Foreign Direct Investment by Industry
Chapter 4. Malaysia’s Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Figure 4.1: Trends of Current Account Balance and Percentage to GDP
Figure 4.2: Terms of Trade for Malaysia
Figure 4.3: Trends of Balance of Payment
Figure 4.4: Trends of Foreign Exchange Reserve and Exchange Rate
Figure 4.5: Trends of Government Revenue and Expenditure as Percentage of GDP
Figure 4.6: Trends of Fiscal Balance as Percentage of GDP
Figure 4.7: Trends of Debt as Percentage of GDP
Chapter 5. Malaysia’s Social Analysis
Figure 5.1: Geographical Location of Malaysia
Figure 5.2: Trends of Population in Malaysia
Figure 5.3: Population Age Structure
Figure 5.4: Trends of Unemployment Rate in Malaysia
Chapter 6. Malaysia’s R&D and Technological Factors
Figure 6.1: Trends of R&D Expenditure in Malaysia
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Executive Summary
Table 1.1: Factors Affecting Business in Malaysia
Chapter 2. Malaysia’s Political Analysis
Table 2.1: Political Factors and Their Impact on Business
Chapter 3. Malaysia’s Economic Analysis
Table 3.1: Factors Affecting Industry Growth
Table 3.2: FDI Limits by Industry
Table 3.3: Economic Factors and Their Impact on Business
Chapter 4. Malaysia’s Economic and Business Risk Analysis
Table 4.1: Credit Rating of Countries by Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P
Table 4.2: Economic Risk Factors and Their Impact on Business
Chapter 5. Malaysia’s Social Analysis
Table 5.2: Corruption, GINI, Homicide, and Human Development Index
Table 5.3: Social Factors and Their Impact on Business
Chapter 6. Malaysia’s R&D and Technological Factors
Table 6.1: Technological Factors and Their Impact on Business
Table 6.2: Income Tax Rates of Malaysia
Chapter 7. Malaysia’s Legal Analysis
Table 7.1: Indicators for Starting Business
Table 7.2: Ranking of Ease of Doing a Business
Table 7.3: Legal Factors and Their Impact on Business
Chapter 8. Malaysia’s Environmental Analysis
Table 8.1: Environmental Factors and Their Impact on Business