19 May 2024 By Tan E Hun The first part of this article highlighted the importance of fiscal space and labour market reform, as key elements to build Malaysia’s capacity for long-term economic growth. But these two elements are not…
In a closed-door roundtable held on 21st July 2022, REFSA brought together a collective of policymakers, architects, urban planners, elected representatives and finance professionals to drive the exploration of this topic further.
Our reflections on Think City's Public Housing Liveability Conference.
2022 should be about consensus building, seeking new frameworks and deploying our policy tools differently that will set us up long term to deal with the lessons learned from the pandemic, and the challenges our society faces going forward.
The pandemic did not cause inequality. But it did widen the gap between the haves and have-nots and further exposed the cracks in our system.
As Malaysia gears up for an endemic phase of the pandemic, what can the government do to address ongoing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? Here's our quick take.
How do we mitigate this crisis? To do so, we need to improve our detection of COVID-positive patients, and we can do this with a comprehensive National Testing Plan. Here's how.
The government must move away from arbitrary distinctions between "essential" vs "non-essential" sectors. Instead, we need to consider how to gradually re-open businesses using science-based approaches. Here's how.