The Best Laid (Malaysia) Plans

"Too often well thought out decisions are made only to de diluted and ultimately forgotten as time passes and inaction prevails,” said the president of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a forward to a submision on the 11th Malaysia Plan. Today the Najib Administration will announce the 11th Malaysia Plan. Will it be marked more by continuity than discontinuities? And what became of the 10th Malaysia Plan: were the problems it identified and the solutions it proposed acted on and proved effective? Today we ask our guests some basic questions about the desirability of long-term planning, and for their assessment about what the 11th Malaysia Plan ought to address.