From pandemics to the climate crisis
Covid-19 and climate change are both quintessential collective action problems, where inaction on the part of any one nation can create adverse consequences around the world.
Michael Aw
[REFSA DISCUSS #3] COVID-19: Reflections on our urban model
PASTEVENT APR 29, 2020 [REFSA DISCUSS #3] COVID-19: Reflections on our urban model COVID-19 presents us with an opportunity to rethink our living environment and urban model. Panel of experts discuss measures to create an inclusive and resilient…
REFSA’s Selection on World Book Day 2020
COMMENTARY APR 23, 2020 REFSA’s Selection on World Book Day 2020 Bored by the Movement Control Order? Wondering what to read next? This World Book Day, our team at REFSA shared the books they have been reading during the…
Pandemic a chance for governments to prove themselves or stumble
Covid-19 is today’s test, and provides numerous opportunities for our governments to prove themselves up to the task of protecting the public good.
Lifting up the Generasi Covid-19
It is a bad time to be young, but we can do something about it. How we empower and enable young people to help the country get through this tough time?
Beefing up food security
Our Lead Researcher Darshan Joshi speaks on the impact of climate change and MCO on food security.
[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.