The 2-day conference, jointly organised by both ISEAS and the University of Nottingham Malaysia, was held at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute from Tuesday, 22 March 2016. The conference, which is part of the Malaysia Studies Programme and Regional Economic Studies, was also supported by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).
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.
For event highlights, click here.