Sustainability

ECONOMICS, REFSA BRIEF, The Great Reset

Budget 2021: Ushering in the New Economic Paradigm

Budget 2021 will need to incorporate measures to ensure the survival of the economy in the short term, while balancing this with the creation of good jobs and a stronger social safety net, to lay the foundations for a dynamic economy in the future.

October 20, 2020

COMMENTARY, COVID-19, ECONOMICS

For Low-Income Malaysia, a lifeline amidst a crisis?

The COVID-19 crisis firmly brought into mainstream thought the benefits of robust systems of social protection.

June 8, 2020

COMMENTARY

Malaysia’s Rationale and Response to South China Sea Tensions

Malaysia’s low key attitude towards recent incidents and recommendations on how to balance between defending Malaysia’s national interests vs diffusing tensions..

May 30, 2020

ECONOMICS

Uncovering the Plight of Lower-Income Malaysia

Contrasting living wage requirements against median household income and wages, this paper issues a strong argument for the need for the provision of a stronger system of social protection and government’s role in putting forward policies that stimulate job and wage growth in forward-looking sectors.

May 30, 2020

COMMENTARY, COVID-19, ECONOMICS

復工新常態下的軍政、訓政及憲政 | The new normal post COVID-19

Coordination between government and businesses becomes important to reopening the coronavirus-closed economy while meeting public health goals.

May 15, 2020

COMMENTARY, COVID-19, ECONOMICS

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.

April 15, 2020

COMMENTARY, COVID-19, ECONOMICS

Covid-19: Revisiting the economic stimulus after the world woke up

To cushion the sudden global downturn, the government need to double down on measures announced, expand scope of application to more workers and businesses, and do it quickly.

March 16, 2020

COMMENTARY, COVID-19, ECONOMICS

Economy needs immediate stimulus package, with eye on the long-term

While the stimulus package primarily aims to tide over workers and businesses through tumultuous short-term economic currents, the government should also evaluate these measures with an eye on the long term, and look to promote a transformation of the economy to new growth sectors and higher productivity, and prepare the workforce for the future.

February 18, 2020