Economy and Finance

Economy and Finance
Hidden indicators of poverty — Part 1

While poverty is widely recognised as a multifaceted phenomenon, hidden indicators within it significantly contribute to perpetuating cycles of deprivation.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Time for socially innovative next-generation tourism

Our tourism industry is required to gear up changes that promote and drive the tourism industry's innovation.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
The EPF in an environment of interest rate hikes

EPF’s financial performance for the first three quarters of FY 2023 is expected to have been sustained in the fourth quarter.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysia’s Healthcare Dilemma: Tackling the Issue of Brain Drain

The medical industry is facing a crisis of undervaluing its workforce, posing a significant challenge.
By Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
The Progressive Wage Scheme and the Madani Economy Framework

The PWS seeks to balance fairly the competing interests of employers and workers under the oversight of the State.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysia needs a new toolbox to combat poverty

To foster transformative strategies for nation-building, poverty requires analysis using different approaches instead of conventional monitoring of aggregate figures.
By Chan Myae San

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysia Madani and the social contract

Malaysia Madani is well-poised to definitively give adequate expression to the dual nature inherent in our society as underpinned by the “social contract”.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Budget 2024 – new financing models

Fiscal consolidation and sustainability necessitates indirect/secondary fiscal injection not only via PPP but also fiscal decentralisation.
By Jason Loh

2 years ago
Economy and Finance
Addressing gender disparities amid career breaks

Achieving a 60% female labour force participation rate within a decade is our path to gender equality and economic growth.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan

2 years ago
Domestic Policy
Credible Malaysian Brain Drain Intervention is Long Overdue!

… an intervention based on data-driven outputs (specific money spin-offs linked empirically to the desired outcomes and intergenerational impacts) able to tackle the very root causes of human flight effectively.
By Rais Hussin

2 years ago

While poverty is widely recognised as a multifaceted phenomenon, hidden indicators within it significantly contribute to perpetuating cycles of deprivation.

Our tourism industry is required to gear up changes that promote and drive the tourism industry's innovation.

EPF’s financial performance for the first three quarters of FY 2023 is expected to have been sustained in the fourth quarter.

The medical industry is facing a crisis of undervaluing its workforce, posing a significant challenge.

The PWS seeks to balance fairly the competing interests of employers and workers under the oversight of the State.

To foster transformative strategies for nation-building, poverty requires analysis using different approaches instead of conventional monitoring of aggregate figures.

Malaysia Madani is well-poised to definitively give adequate expression to the dual nature inherent in our society as underpinned by the “social contract”.

Fiscal consolidation and sustainability necessitates indirect/secondary fiscal injection not only via PPP but also fiscal decentralisation.

Achieving a 60% female labour force participation rate within a decade is our path to gender equality and economic growth.

… an intervention based on data-driven outputs (specific money spin-offs linked empirically to the desired outcomes and intergenerational impacts) able to tackle the very root causes of human flight effectively.