Planning of National Transport Infrastructure
In the Islamic Countries
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Figure 15: The 2016-2020 Eleventh Malaysia Plan
Source: Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia
In the Eleventh Malaysia Plan , the infrastructure development falls under its fifth (out of six)
strategic thrust, which is “strengthening infrastructure to support economic expansion”. This
thrust aims at ensuring the access of the people to essential amenities and services such as
transport and communications. It believes that better integration of different transport modes
will create seamless movement for people and goods. An efficient infrastructure will lower the
cost of doing business, which in turn improves national competitiveness and productivity. The
focus area of the transport sector is:
 building an integrated need-based transport system
 unleashing growth of logistics and enhancing trade facilitation
In 2010, the National Transformation Policy (NTP) was launched to implement the New
Economic Model (NEM). NTP is a set of high-level strategic priorities of the government broken
down into concrete interventions.
The diagram below shows the position of the 11MP in relation to the regional, state, and local
policies and plans.
11MP is part of a systematic planning of national development ...
New
Economic
Policy
1971-1990
National
Development
Policy
1991-2000
National
Vision Policy
2001-2010
National
Transforma-
tion Policy
2011-2020
2nd Malaysia Plan
3MP
4MP
5MP
Post Independence,
1956-1970
Growth with
equity
Balanced
development
A resilient and
competitive
nation
New Economic
Model
1st Malaya Plan
2nd Malaya Plan
1st Malaysia Plan
6MP
7MP
8MP
9MP
10MP
Eleventh Malaysia
Plan
Vision 2020
1991-2020