Shankaran Nambiar is a senior research fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.
Putrajaya must do more than rely on an influx of cheap labor


A health worker helps a migrant worker fill up a declaration form during a screening test in Kuala Lumpur in May 2020: a development model that worked well in good times is now being tested. © Getty Images
Shankaran Nambiar is a senior research fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.