About 80 participants registered for the conference. Topics that were actively discussed include Malaysia’s trade, manufacturing, services, GLCs and SOEs, education, labour market, poverty, inequality and well-being; infrastructure, regional development, agricultural and resource-based industries, SMEs, healthcare, development planning, banking and finance, and fiscal sustainability.
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The article first appeared in the print edition of The New Paper on March 22, 2016, and can be viewed here.
Ms Moe Thuzar, ISEAS Fellow and Lead Researcher, ASEAN Studies Centre, Dr Francis Hutchinson, ISEAS Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Regional Economic Studies Programme, Dr Tin Maung Maung Than, ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap, ISEAS Fellow and Lead Researcher contributed a chapter “Implementation Challenges and Coordination Arrangements” to the book, “Connecting Asia: Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia”.
Dr Rahul Mishra is also a contributor to the chapter and provides the South Asian perspective.
The book, which was led by Asian Development Bank Institute, explores the potential opportunities and challenges for connecting South and Southeast Asia.
It can be downloaded for free here.
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The article which first appeared in the print edition of The New York Times on March 21, 2016 can be viewed here.
The article which first appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 19, 2016 can be viewed here.
The article first appeared in the print edition of Berita Harian on March 19, 2016, and can be viewed here.
The article which first appeared online at The New Paper on March 17, 2016 can be viewed here.
The article first appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 17, 2016, and can be viewed here.
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Mr Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, Visiting Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, contributed an article titled “Donald Trump and Companions Unmasked — No Gender Equality, No Civil Rights and No Racial Equality” which was carried by The Huffington Post.
The article which first appeared online at The Huffington Post on March 13, 2016 can be viewed here.