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1/7: Just had the privilege of hearing from Mohd Rafizi, Minister of Economy, at the Qatar Economic Forum's panel on 'Strengthening Malaysia’s Economy'.

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2/7: The vision is clear. Rafizi says, "We want to lead a regional energy exchange in the region." It's about leveraging strengths and leading forward. #QEF2023 #Malaysia
3/7: From making to creating – "We are scaling up from medium value manufacturing to high value." Malaysia is setting its sights high and ready to bring value to the world stage.
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Some people have asked for our comment on the #Treasury #EconomicStrategy document
There are two major issues: process and content.
I deal with these in turn.Note: these are not the official views of the @IEJ_SA 👇
Firstly on *process*
National Treasury has gone rogue...again
They have unilaterally published a policy document without engaging
👉government structures
👉ANC structures or
👉civil society (unless you count financial sector economists present at their colloquia).
Given that we are in a deep economic crisis, this Treasury unilateralism is highly irresponsible, as broad engagement on the *nature of the problem* is critical to coming up with *appropriate solutions*. But it now emerges that such engagement was totally absent.
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