Malaysia’s Economic Paradox: Strong Growth Masks Anwar’s Stalled Reform Agenda

Three years into his premiership, Anwar Ibrahim’s Malaysia faces a critical divergence—robust GDP expansion is buying time for reforms that remain frustratingly incomplete On a humid November afternoon in Kuala Lumpur, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stood before cameras to announce Malaysia’s third-quarter 2025 GDP growth: a robust 5.2 percent, placing the country on…