Malaysia’s student-debt crisis could cripple the economy, unless the government acts

Student loan debt has surged in Asia. Image: REUTERS/Stringer
M Niaz Asadullah
Professor of Development Economics, University of Malaya
Theresa Chan
Researcher, University of Malaya

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