Publications

As data centres increasingly faced growing bipartisan pushback in the US, developers have turned to developing countries, thus ‘outsourcing’ problems to poorer nations with even more limited resources

This article explores how misdiagnosing problems leads to ineffective or harmful solutions. Through personal experience and examples, the Cobra Effect, WWII aircraft strategy, and education policy, it emphasizes the need for awareness, accurate diagnosis, and outcome-based incentives. True progress begins with asking: are we solving the real problem?

Global South cooperation arrangements must evolve to better respond to pressing contemporary and imminent challenges, rather than risk being irrelevant straitjackets stuck in the past.

This discussion paper is part of KRI’s Gender and Care Work research series. It examines how unpaid care labour has been increasingly reframed in Malaysia’s policy discourse, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Malaysia’s 2025 Budget highlights a tension between bold ambitions and fiscal restraint. The push to cut the deficit below 3% risks underfunding development, weakening competitiveness, and worsening inequality. A developmental-state approach is urged, prioritising strategic investment, domestic financing, and growth-led fiscal health to break free from the Middle-Income Trap.