Budget 2023: REFSA stress importance to balance short and long term considerations
Media Statement on Budget 2023 by Jaideep Singh and Frederik Paulus, Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) on 5 October 2022.
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Mengapa DUN Johor perlukan jawatankuasa pilihan khas kaji enakmen antilompat parti?
Mengapa DUN Johor perlukan jawatankuasa pilihan khas kaji enakmen antilompat parti? Koordinator Penyelidik Fakhrurrazi Rashid berbincang dalam ulasan baharunya di The Malaysian Insight.
Reshaping Malaysia’s Future of Work – Gearing Up Social Mobility
On 26 August 2022, REFSA, IRDP and IDEAS co-hosted a roundtable on youth employment. Titled “Reshaping Malaysia’s Future of Work – Gearing Up Social Mobility”, the event brought together over 20 local thought leaders from diverse backgrounds, including academicians, public policy researchers and students. Taking the form of an open discussion, the 2.5-hour roundtable focused on the current trends of the Malaysian labour market, the key challenges that employers and jobseekers face and policy recommendations to address these issues.
Video Highlights | The New Geopolitics of Asia and the Global Order of Tomorrow: Implications for Southeast Asia
On 27-29 July, REFSA with the support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Asia organised a geopolitics regional dialogue themed “The New Geopolitics of Asia and the Global Order of Tomorrow: Implications for Southeast Asia”. Here is our video highlight for the event.
大国博弈如何生存？郭清水：对冲战略才是上策
国立大学（UKM）马来西亚及国际问题研究所（IKMAS）亚洲研究中心主任郭清水认为，东盟各方面都极具战略性，不太可能能够“独善其身”…… 采取“对冲战略”（Hedging Strategy）才是上策。
郭清水：强国较劲 东盟需更韧性策略立足
（吉隆坡24日讯）马来西亚国立大学（UKM）马来西亚及国际问题研究所（IKMAS）亚洲研究中心主任郭清水教授认为，在强国较劲的棋盘上，东盟需要以韧性更强的策略立足。
Infographics – Deconstructing Economic Indicators: GDP
Today, GDP plays an important part as an economic indicator in our society, central to policymaking and national planning. But what does GDP really mean, and in what ways is it flawed as a metric of development? Read on for a condensed breakdown of our researcher Jaideep Singh's latest work, "REFSA NOTES #8/2022: Deconstructing Economic Indicators: GDP".
Peguam Negara perlu diberi ruang hadir ke Parlimen perjelaskan isu
Malaysia's fresh graduates are having trouble finding full time employment despite an overall increase in employment rates in our country, relying on gig economy or entry level jobs they're overqualified for. Our Comms Director Iskandar Fareez weighs in on the factors of this phenomenon.
Trend Peratusan Keluar Mengundi PRU-15 Meningkat Atau Tidak? Ini Pandangan Pakar
Koordinator Penyelidik Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) Fakhrurrazi Rashid berpendapat tentang trend peratusan keluar mengundi PRU-15 meningkat atau tidak.
REFSA Notes #8/2022: Deconstructing Economic Indicators: Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP is, at its essence, the total value of a country’s production in a given year. The indicators derived from it, such as GDP growth and GDP per capita, are often used as KPIs or major policy
objectives.
Almost everyone has heard of these three little letters. But what is often forgotten is that GDP is an estimate based on a system of accounting, not a fact of nature. As a result, there are numerous misconceptions about the role of GDP.
This note aims to clear the confusion by explaining what GDP is and what it is not.