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Malaysia needs to take a long, hard look at state-linked firms

Published: Oct. 3, 2018, midnight

To be or not to be?\n\nThat is the question confronting Malaysia\u2019s state-linked companies. Should the government sell its stake in them as they are embroiled in controversy after controversy? \n\nThe issue becomes starker because the country\u2019s government-linked firms account for about half the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index, and they constitute 7 out of the top-10 listed firms in 2018. \n\nRead the transcript\nhttps://bit.ly/2NiFXJM\n\nRead the blog post\nhttps://www.asiapathways-adbi.org/2018/07/monsters-in-the-house-what-to-do-about-malaysias-government-linked-companies/\n\nAbout the author\nJayant Menon is a lead economist at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank, Manila.\n\nKnow more about ADBI\u2019s work\nhttps://bit.ly/2y6WTgJ\nhttps://bit.ly/2Nddg0J