Malaysian politics has been in flux for some time. The old political order has frayed and decayed, and is perhaps already beyond redemption. What will…

Lessons Learned from Compliance Reviews of the Asian Development Bank (2004–2020) is a series of publications prepared by ADB’s Office of the…

This study focuses on digital trade policies that affect the trading of goods and services over the internet. We use the terms digital trade and…

Malaysia’s move to extend the franchise to youths aged 18–21 is significant, but is unlikely to have a strong liberalising effect. Several initiatives…

Satellite data can sometimes provide valuable information on countries that lack the statistical ability or willingness to disclose information to the…

This Policy Note provides a discussion of key findings from a process evaluation conducted on the Social Pension (SocPen) program of the Department of…

In order to keep abreast of emerging issues at the National/International and local level, the SDPI brings out a Bi-weekly E-Newsletter on “COVID-19”.…

This practical and comprehensive guide sets out key considerations in using concrete pavement for roads.

This paper analyzes the drivers of inequality in the People's Republic of China and identifies needed reforms in the tax system and central–local…

This study investigates empirically whether export pioneers and followers are different in terms of export market survival, utilising a rich plant-…

By combining plant-level data from the Indonesian Manufacturing Survey and localised disaster data from the Emergency Events Database for the period…

The present study investigates the role of innovation on global market survival of Indian manufacturing firms. Specifically, the study examines whether…