Will 2017 Crow or Croak?
By Tim Niklas Schoepp, Negin Vaghefi
January 2017 COVER STORY
While the outlook may be promising, unexpected events in 2016 will have negative lingering effects for the year ahead, for both Malaysia and Penang.Advertisement2016 has been a year of surprises and shocks. Uncertainty became the new normal, as a combination of factors – Brexit, Trump's White House victory, the rise of populism around the world, and the development of the oil price and ringgit – affected the country, including Penang.Penang, like Malaysia, is an open economy, and plays a part...
Tim Niklas Schoepp
is a visiting analyst in Economics at Penang Institute.
Negin Vaghefi
is a senior analyst at Penang Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics. Her research interests include agri-environmental economics, climate change, green economics, poverty and income inequality, and policy analysis.
