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Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia.

Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia. April 9 PREM Week Ejaz Ghani EASPR. Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia. What lessons have we learnt? How relevant are these lessons to cross-sector work?

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Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia.

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  1. Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia. April 9 PREM Week Ejaz Ghani EASPR

  2. Country Studies in the Knowledge Economy –Perspectives from Malaysia. • What lessons have we learnt? • How relevant are these lessons to cross-sector work? • How do we integrate tools and practices for knowledge economy?

  3. What lessons have we learnt?Emerging Issues • Resuming Productivity led growth. • Moving from the macro to the micro-level. • Balancing demand side VS supply side structural constraints to growth (e.g., liberalizing the investment regime VS improving the quality of education, skills & technology). • Institutions Vs Investment (e.g., Skills & Technology Institutes, networking) • Identifying new sources of growth (e.g., role of the services sector, SMEs)

  4. What lessons have we learnt?Process • Country Ownership (e.g., fee based model) • Capacity building (e.g., report to be prepared jointly with the counterparts in the field). • Developing new tools (e.g., services sector, innovation readiness, worker survey). • Integrating business climate surveys (e.g., IBRD and IFC PSD work). • Supporting Integration within the Government (e.g., central agencies, sector ministries, private sector, and research institutes).

  5. What lessons have we learnt?Content • Measuring TFP Competitiveness(chapter by Aart and Ana) • Measuring Skills Competitiveness (chapter by Albert) • Measuring Technology Competitiveness (chapter by Manjula) • Measuring Services sector Competitiveness (chapter by Kee).

  6. How relevant are these lessons to PREM’s cross sector work? • Integrating business climate tools (e.g., PSD and PREM networks; IBRD, and IFC). • Integrating investment climate with human resource development (e.g., PREM and HRD networks). • Capacity Building • TA to support implementation of reforms

  7. What is the best way to integrate tools and practices for knowledge economy?Tools used in East Asia • Workers Survey (Malaysia) • Services Sector Survey (Malaysia) • ICT Diagnostics (Thailand) • Innovation Readiness (Korea & Malaysia) • Potential Investor Perception Survey (Malaysia) • Logistics Survey (Philippines) • Decentralization & Investment Climate Survey (Indonesia) • IT Deployment among SMEs (Korea) • Network Enables Services & E-Readiness (Korea) • Intellectual Property Rights • Investment Climate & Governance (Cambodia) http://easpr

  8. What is the best way to integrate tools and practices for knowledge economy? • Integrate investment climate and knowledge economy surveys • Adopt lessons from project cycles into AAA cycles—Country Partnerships • Visit our website

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