Beefing up food security
Our Lead Researcher Darshan Joshi speaks on the impact of climate change and MCO on food security.
Michael Aw
[REFSA DISCUSS #2] COVID-19: Crisis Preparedness and the Whole-of-Society Response
PASTEVENT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrbtU6HW8Vk&t APR 22, 2020 [REFSA DISCUSS #2] COVID-19: Crisis Preparedness and the Whole-of-Society Response REFSA’s second webinar aimed to explore and discuss the necessary robust holistic response from the society to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, which has a…
Parliament is an essential service for the country facing the Covid-19 crisis
Parliament is in fact one of the most important services in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak to discuss economic plans and issues of the nation’s people.
Parlimen ‘perkhidmatan penting’ untuk negara berhadapan krisis COVID-19
COMMENTARY Institutional reform democracy good governance APR 18, 2020 Parlimen ‘perkhidmatan penting’ untuk negara berhadapan krisis COVID-19 By Fakhrurrazi Rashid [For English version please click here] Sebelum ini kerajaan Perikatan Nasional (PN) melalui Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan memberitahu…
The importance of governance transparency in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic
The urgency for transparency is as great as the urgency in overcoming the pandemic. People and leaders of the country cannot compromise on the issue of financial leakage and misuse of power or information today.
Does Big Tech Hold One of the Keys to Restarting the Economy?
In this day and age, where most of the population in the hardest hit countries have a smartphone on them at all times, the technological opportunities for contact tracing are vast and might be key to restarting economy for post-Covid-19.
Kepentingan prinsip ketelusan urus tadbir berhadapan pandemik Covid-19
COMMENTARY Institutional reform democracy good governance APR 15, 2020 Kepentingan prinsip ketelusan urus tadbir berhadapan pandemik Covid-19 By Fakhrurrazi Rashid [For English version please click here] Pada 6 April 2020, Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyuddin Yassin telah membentangkan Pakej Prihatin Tambahan…
Adakah Covid-19 mengubah politik negara?
COMMENTARY Institutional reform democracy good governance APR 13, 2020 Adakah Covid-19 mengubah politik negara? By Fakhrurrazi Rashid Covid-19 telah mengembalikan kuasa agak luas kepada parti pemerintah yang belum berhadapan dengan ujian sokongan majoriti di Parlimen. Pandemik Covid-19 sebenarnya telah memberi…
INFOGRAPHICS 5: UPDATED ANNOUNCED GOVERNMENT STIMULUS IN % OF GDP, BY COUNTRY (AS AT 6 APRIL 2020)
The nominal amounts are taken directly from the government announcements or related news reports, and converted in USD in order to be able to compare.
[REFSA DISCUSS #1] Flattening the Recession Curve: Saving SMEs and Preserving Jobs
PAST EVENTS APR 10, 2020 [REFSA DISCUSS #1] Flattening the Recession Curve: Saving SMEs and Preserving Jobs REFSA’s first webinar aimed to explore and discuss a very important topic that every country in the world is trying to grapple with…