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UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIESFACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

UNGKU AZIZ CENTREREPORT JANUARY 2020

ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ CHAIR FUNDERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

24About the Visiting

Professor

64CPDS Research

Grant Project List

82Institutional Engagement

01Executive Summary

page 13About the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair & Ungku

Aziz Centre For Development Studies

page 15The Teampage14

About the Director

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17Previous Directors

page 18First Holder of the Royal

Professor Ungku Aziz Chair

page page23Second Holder of the

Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair

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25The Royal Professor Ungku

Aziz Chair Holder & Visiting Professor

Activities (2018 – 2020)

page 60Core Programmes

page page62Research Pillars

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67Programmes

page 72Research Activities

Output

page page74Centre’s Publication

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYUNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

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Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya

About the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair

About the Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies

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Cabinet DecisionIn 2006, a cabinet decision was made toestablish RPUAC in poverty and developmentstudies at the Faculty of Economics andAdministration, UM to honor the contributionsof Professor Ungku Aziz in the field of educationand rural economic development in Malaysia,among others.

ESTABLISHMENT OF CPDS

In conjunction with theestablishment of the Chair, aCentre for Poverty andDevelopment Studies (CPDS)was created at the Faculty in2007.

Research PillarsFive initial research pillars:-.• Poverty• Development• Income Distribution• Ethnic Relations• Employment

2015: Revised to 4 pillars• Poverty & Inequality• Access & Social Mobility• Gender & Human

Development• Labour & Migration

Mandate:To become a reference centre for academic,research & consultancy in the field of poverty &development studies and to:• Organize joint research projects &

undertake comparative studies;• Provide consultancy and technical

assistance;• Establish co-operation between

government & private institutions• Establish the Ungku Aziz Resource Centre

(UARC).PROGRAMMES &

RESEARCH: 2012-2015

• KRI Social Mobility Study (Research collaboration with KhazanahResearch Institute)

• Seminar on the World Bank’s Malaysia Economic Monitor• Seminar on International Lessons on Tackling Extreme Housing

Exclusion• Three (3) series of Public Lecture collaborating with Department

of Development Studies and Equitable Research Cluster• Public Lecture on Contradictions on Economic Development A

Close Look at The Plight of The Vanishing Sea Gypsies in IskandarMalaysia

• First Ungku Aziz Public Lecture by YABhg. Tun Dr. MahathirMohamad.

• Seminar on Homelessness: Nature, Causes, Implications &Solutions

• Roundtable Sharing & Networking Session on Local Community• Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship• CPDS Lecture Series• Regional Capabilities Building for Sustaining Economic growth• National Seminar on Green Growth

Background

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ CHAIR

(RPUAC)

First Holder of the RPUACProfessor Jeffrey Sachs (2007-2009)

Chairholder Activities2007:• Field trips to Kedah, Pahang, Kelantan• Meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education

2008:• Field trips to Sabah & Sarawak• Roundtable Discussion & Dialogue in Sabah• Discussion with Sarawak State Government• Roundtable & International Conference• Visit to Sime Darby

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THE ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ PUBLIC LECTURE

UNGKU AZIZ DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Core Programmes (2016 – 2020)

NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE

UNGKU AZIZ BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME

RETHINKING POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES

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HUMAN SECURITY

Pillar 6

DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL

POLICY

Pillar 7POLITICAL ECONOMY

Pillar 8

GROWTH & WEALTH

CREATION

Pillar 9CULTURE &

DEVELOPMENT

Pillar 10

POVERTY

Pillar 1

POVERTY & SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

Pillar 2INEQUALITY, DISTRIBUTION

& SOCIAL MOBILITY

Pillar 3

LABOUR & HUMAN CAPITAL

Pillar 4GENDER,

DEVELOPMENT & GROUP

VULNERABILITY

Pillar 5

Research Pillars (2016 – 2020)

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Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair (2018 – 2019)

First Visit

17th Dec 2018 – 31st Jan 2019

Appointment of Second RPUAC Holder Chairholder & VP Activities

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Appointment of Visiting Professor(VP)

Professor Dr. Martin Ravallion

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Second Visit

17th Dec 2019 – 31st Jan 2020

Chairholder & VP Visit Date

>700 Participants

>1000 Participants 2019 / 2020

2018 / 2019

Participants in RPUAC Activities

Ungku Aziz Development Forum On Inequality 2020

International Speakers 5

Local Speakers 6

Participants 140

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Flagship Projects, Capacity Building & Academic Programmes

FlagshipProjects

CapacityBuilding & Academic

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Summary of Programmes & Research (2016 – 2020)

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16ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ CHAIRACTIVITIES (2018-2020)

2NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE

6JOINT SEMINAR SERIES

2RETHINKING POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT SERIES

1INAUGURAL UNGKU AZIZ DEVELOPMENT FORUM

3PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMMES

45TOTAL PROGRAMMES

>2500TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

Programmes

16PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

12CO-RESEARCHERS

42TOTAL PUBLICATIONS

RM331,350ALLOCATED FOR CPDS RESEARCH GRANT 2017/2018

9CPDS RESEARCH GRANT 2017/2018

10CPDS RESEARCH GRANT

2018/2019

RM399,630ALLOCATED FOR CPDS RESEARCH GRANT 2018/2019

PROJECTS

PROJECTS

Institutional Engagement

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICEMINISTRY OF FINANCEMINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRSMINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRYMINISTRY OF WATER, LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCESMINISTRY OF FEDERAL TERRITORIESMINISTRY OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSMINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCESMINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENTMINISTRY OF WORKSMINISTRY OF YOUTH & SPORTSDEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA

MINISTRY OF WELFARE, COMMUNITY WELLBEING,WOMEN, FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

SABAH CHIEF MINISTER’S DEPARTMENTSABAH PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENTSABAH ECONOMIC PLANNING UNIT

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RPUACFunders

MinistryParticipation

Institutional/ AgencyParticipation

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KEMENTERIANPENDIDIKAN MALAYSIA

DEVELOPMENT think Tank/institute

flagship Research

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

academic programme

1. Higher Institution Centre of Excellence2. Data Bank: Research Hub for Poverty & Development Studies3. Ungku Aziz Resource Centre

1. Poverty in Sarawak2. Poverty in Sabah3. Urban Poverty in Lembah Pantai

King’s College London [2020-2025]: 1. Global Poverty and Inequality Dynamics Research Network (GPID) 2. Deindustrialization in Southeast Asia (GPID-SEA)

Student Holistic Empowerment (SHE) Courses:1. Rethinking Development Ideas2. Mining the Millionaire Minds

4. Gender and Development5. Vulnerable Groups6. Public Outreach Programme

Going Forward

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BACKGROUND

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01 | About the Royal Professor

Ungku Aziz Chair

The Cabinet of the Malaysian government on 12 July

2006 agreed to establish the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz

Chair (RPUA) at the Faculty of Economics and

Administration, University of Malaya. The establishment

of the RPUA Chair is to honor the contributions of

Professor Ungku Aziz in the field of education and

economic development especially rural development

and poverty. It was inaugurated in November 2006 by

the Fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdullah

Ahmad Badawi with the launch of the RPUA Chair. The

Chair and the Centre will serve as the channel to

increase accessibility to information and facilitate the

dissemination of this information amongst various

stakeholders.

02 | About the Ungku Aziz Centre

The Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies (UAC),

previously known as the Centre for Poverty and

Development Studies (CPDS), is created to facilitate the

activities of the chair. Since 2016, the Centre has

undertaken steps to develop and further expand the field

of development studies to reflect its interdisciplinary

nature, to attract a wider participation, to engage young

minds and to go beyond a mono-disciplinary approach to

development. The defining pillars of the Ungku Aziz

Centre for Development Studies represents the Centre’s

evolution and the dynamism of the field of study.

Institute of Advanced

Studies

Language Centre

Centre for Foundation Studies in

Science

Museum of Asian Arts

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03 | About the DIRECTOR 2016 – 2020

Prior to her appointment as the Director of the Ungku Aziz Centre for Development

Studies (formerly known as CPDS) in March 2016, she was a Research Fellow at the Social Security

Research Centre (SSRC) at the Faculty of Economics and Administration (FEA) from 2013 to 2015.

She has previously served the University of Malaya at the Department of Development Studies

(DDS) and the Asia Europe Institute (AEI) from 1982 – 2006 as a lecturer and Associate Professor,

engaged in teaching, research, as well as international collaborative work on curricula development

with the ASEAN University Network, University of Autonoma Madrid, Spain, University of Bocconi,

Italy and Leeds Metropolitan University, England. Throughout her career, she has researched and

published in areas related to economic development, political economy, labour market segmentation and social stratification,

labour mobility and migration, social protection and welfare. She has also worked and undertaken consultancies in Afghanistan,

Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. She received her D. Phil from the University of Cambridge, England, a Master of Philosophy from

the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex England and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in Development

Economics from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia.

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04 | The Team UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Dr. Shamsulbahriah Ku Ahmad

Director

Email: [email protected]


Holder of the Royal Professor

Ungku Aziz Chair 2018-2020


Dr. Dominique van de Walle

Visiting Professor 2018-2020


Dr. Rohana Jani

Senior Research Fellow


Dr. B M Hasanul Banna

Junior Research Fellow


Dr. Rulia Akhtar

Junior Research Fellow


Mr. Mohd Syazreel Nazwan

Mohd Yasin

Administrative Officer


Mr. Muhammad Syukran

Mohd Rosli

Social Research Officer


Ms. Nur Izati Zahari

Administrative Assistant


Ms. Nur Aqilla Anuar

Administrative Assistant (Finance)


Mr. Muhamad Hilmi

Abdul Rahman

Fellow SLAB/Research Intern


Mr. Abdul Rahim Abdul Kadir

Research Assistant


mailto:[email protected]












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Professor Dr. Fatimah Kari Expertise: Trade & Environment, Macroeconomics, International

Trade, Environmental & Resource Economics, Microeconomics

Dr. Peter Aning Tedong Expertise: Migration (Cross Border

Movement & Urban Poverty), Social Housing (Housing Studies)

& Urban Studies

Dr. Azmah Haji Othman Expertise: Rural Development,

Cooperative Development, Agriculture Development

Dr. Hanira Hanafi Expertise: Banking (Islamic Banking & Finance), Malaysian Legal System

Associate Professor Dr. Kuppusamy Singaravelloo

Expertise: Local Government Management & Finance Public

Enterprises Privatisation

Dr. Ahmad Farid Osman Expertise: Data Analysis,

Econometrics & Time Series Analysis

Dr. Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada Expertise: Policy Modeling,

Econographicology, Econophysics, Economic Modeling, Economic

Design

Dr. Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain Expertise: Identity & Social Inequality

(Identity, Culture & Identity, Social Inequality, Youth Culture, Contemporary

Social Issues)

Associate Professor Dr. Asmak Ab Rahman

Expertise: Comparative Economic Development, Takaful, Islamic

Banking, Islamic Economics, Economics of Waqf

Dr. Rafiq Idris Expertise: Economics (International

Economics-International Trade & Finance); Monetary Economics; Economic Development; Health

Economics; Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Professor Datuk Dr. Hj Kasim Hj Md Mansur

Expertise: Economic Development, Labor Economics, Poverty, Human

Resource Development, Rural & Urban Development, Labor

Productivity, Micro & Macro Economics

Professor Dr. Evelyn Shyamala Paul Devadason

Expertise: International Trade (Trade-Labour Links, Trade-

Environment Issues, Production Fragmentation, Product Quality

Changes), International Economics (Regional Issues in Asean, China, India, Eu, Latin America, Africa)

Associate Professor Dr. Wan Ahmad Amir Zal Wan Ismail

Expertise: Community mapping, Capacity building & community empowerment, Orang Asli, marginalized & vulnerable

community, Social capital & social cancer, Social research methodology,

Social justice.

Dr. Muhammad Mehedi Masud Expertise: Environmental Economics (Community

Development & Livelihood, Poverty, Environment & Sustainable

Development, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecotourism Development, Climate Change

Adaptation, Social Mobility)

ASSOCIATE

FELLOWS

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05 | Previous DIRECTORS

2007 – 2011

Professor Dr. Sulochana Nair received her

doctoral degree in Economics from University

of Sussex. She has conducted extensive

research in the fields of poverty, labour,

gender and rural development. In addition to

providing policy inputs to the government,

Professor Dr. Nair is also involved in teaching, consultancy,

training and capacity building programmes.

She has undertaken numerous research projects focusing on

poverty groups and has been involved in formulating Master

Plans for the rubber industry, rural entrepreneurs, fishermen

and the rural sector. She has also been involved in research

and training projects with international agencies and has

worked on Central Asia and Cambodia. She was the founding

director for the CPDS, a position she held until January 2011.

2011 – 2014

Professor Dr. Fatimah Kari received her PhD

in Economics from Mississippi State

University, USA. She also holds an MA from

the University of Leiscester, UK. Her

research has focused on poverty issues in

Malaysia, in particular exploring the role of food price rise,

subsidy reform and energy price escalation. She has also

carried out field investigation into the livelihood choices of

Orang Asli communities in peninsular Malaysia. She was the

Director of CPDS during 2011 – March 2014.

2014 – 2015

Dr. Muhammad Ikmal Mohd Said is a

Director (2014-2015) of the Centre for

Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS),

University of Malaya (UM). He held

different positions in education-related

services in the private sector, General Manager in Renong

Berhad, Senior General Manager in UEM Berhad (1997-

2008) and Director in Khazanah Nasional Berhad (2008-

2010). His key areas of interest are agriculture and ethnic

relations.

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06 | First Holder of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair

2007 – 2009 Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs is the first holder of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair for a two-year period starting 2007. He is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He was also a Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was also

the Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. Professor Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty.

CHAIRHOLDER ACTIVITIES (2007 – 2009) 1. Field visit to Kedah 2. Meeting with the Minister of Higher Education Malaysia and

Poverty Research Group 3. Keynote address at International Seminar: Poverty and

Distribution Amidst Diversity: Options and Challenges for Development

4. Luncheon Talk at FONDAD-ISIS Seminar (ISIS) 5. Site Visit to PPRT and Squatter Area 6. Site Visit to Felda Lurah Bilut, Bentong Pahang 7. Seminar and Luncheon Talk at PWTC organized by EPU 8. Visit to Orang Asli Settlement 9. Field visit to Kelantan 10. Inaugural Public Lecture “The End of Poverty” 11. Consultations Session with Tripartite Group of CPDS 12. Consultations Session with Researchers from UM 13. Field visit to Sabah 14. Dialogue with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on A Way Out of Poverty Trap:

development Corridors a Panacea for Malaysia 15. Meeting with Prime Minister 16. Presentation by PETRONAS, Sime Darby 17. Field Visit to Sarawak 18. International Conference on Indigenous People 19. Public Lecture on Global Food Crisis: Strategies and Responses 20. Roundtable Discussion on Sustainable Development Strategies

for Poverty Eradication in Africa Through Capacity Building and Technology Transfer

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CENTRE’S PROGRAMMES (2007 – 2015)

2007 1. National Workshop on poverty Studies (12-13 March)

2. Zero Hard Core Poverty by 2010: Fostering Smart Partnerships

working Group on Co-operatives Role in Poverty Reduction

(28 June)

3. Urban Poverty in Malaysia: Emerging Concerns and Plausible

Solutions (10 July)

4. CPDS/IDB Poverty Alleviation: Challenges for the Islamic World

(2-3 August)

5. JARINGAN Consultation on Poverty Among the Orang Asli

6. Discussion Session: Programmes and Projects for Rural Poverty

Alleviation: Relevance, Effectiveness and Sustainability

(31 October)

7. UNDP-EPU-UM/CPDS Workshop Sharing Malaysia's Best

'Practices in Eradicating Poverty: Pro-Poor Rural and Urban

Development Policies Programmes'. (5-14 November)

8. UNDP International Poverty Conference: Poverty and Income

inequality in the 21st Century (11-13 December)

2008 9. Workshop on Health Issues Among Orang Asli (28 February) 10. Presentation of Proposal on Training for Africa in The Palm Oil

Sector by The International Agriculture Series (IAS). (1 March) 11. Motivational Workshop for Orang Asli School Children

(28-29 March) 12. Workshop on Poverty Between Groups: Cross Cutting Issues

(24 April)

13. Workshop on Science for Development: Poverty Eradication (29 May)

14. Majlis Perasmian Program YPM Bersama IPT (20 August) 15. Workshop on "Corporate Responsibility and Poverty

Reduction” (27 August) 16. Global Classroom: Integrated Development Practice

[Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Practice].

(2 September - 2 December)

2009 17. Workshop on Tun Razak Book Project (21 January) 18. Launching Ceremony Winter Relief Campaign: Providing

Warmth in The Bitter Cold of winter: Donate to Afghanistan. (23 January)

19. Global Classroom Graduation Night 20. Global Dialogue Series: Trade Impact and Trade Policy

Responses to The Global Economics Series (31 March) 21. Intensive Workshop on Health Systems in Transition

(29-30 April) 22. Workshop on CPDS Research Output (14-15 May) 23. The Global Crisis and Its Impact on Poverty

2010 24. Signing Ceremony Agreement for Consultancy Services "Study

on the Baseline Socio-Economic Conditions of The Settlements in The Kesban Area". (18-19 January)

25. Visit by MDP Secretariat from Columbia University (MDO Secretariat). (20-22 January)

26. Meeting with International Advisory Board (20-21 April) 27. Survey for The Study on The Baseline Socio-Economic

Conditions of The Settlements in the Kesban Area (5-18 may) 28. 2nd Visit (Field Work Visit) by MDP Secretariat from Columbia

University (MDP Secretariat). (13-17 June)

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29. Visit from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, India. (7-8 July)

30. Global Classroom Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Development Practice (4th Batch) *Co-ordinate by Earth Institute, Columbia University. (28-30 November)

31. ASEAN Indigenous Peoples Workshop: Food Security, Alleviating Poverty & Developing Economies (28-29 September)

32. Half Day Seminar: "Democratic Deficits and the Rhetoric of

Development: Small States and Citizens Struggling for Space".

2011 33. Presentation for draft Final Report: Study on the Baseline Socio-

Economic Conditions of the Settlements in KESBAN Area. (19 January)

34. SLiM Roundtable 2011: Sustainability and the New Economic Model: An Institutional Framework for Implementation (7 July)

35. Motivational Programme of Orang Asli School Children CPDS/KKUM/KASB/JAKOA (15-17 July)

36. Special Meeting: Jawatankuasa Pemandu Kajian Sosio Ekonomi Orang Asli di Semenanjung Malaysia. (23 July)

37. Seminar Unequal We Stand: Am Empirical Analysis of Wealth

Distribution in Malaysia. (13 October)

2012 38. Equity and Distribution in Malaysia Economy 39. Cooperative Green Growth Modelling Forum Kuala Lumpur

2012 (C2GMF) (16-17 March) 40. Orang Asli Focus Group Discussion UNDP-UNICEF - Constructing

Socio-economic Profile of Orang Asli, Semenanjung Malaysia (Stakeholder: Orang Asli Professional). (20 April)

41. Orang Asli Focus Group Discussion UNDP-UNICEF - Constructing Socio-economic Profile of Orang Asli, Semenanjung Malaysia

(Stakeholder: Policy Implementors and Government Agencies). (2 May)

42. Orang Asli Focus Group Discussion UNDP-UNICEF - Constructing Socio-economic Profile of Orang Asli, Semenanjung Malaysia (Stakeholder: NGOs). (10 May)

43. Regional Capabilities Building for Sustaining Economic Growth in a Developing Context: The Case of The Mexican Dairy System. (30 August)

44. National Seminar on Green Growth Policy Tools for Low Carbon

Development in Malaysia. (7-9 November)

2013 45. Roundtable Sharing & Networking Session on Local Community

Empowerment for Sustainability and the Innovation for Inclusive Development (IDD) Framework [7 February]

46. Seminar: Future Direction of Natural Products Based on Biodiversity [11 March]

47. The Fundamental of Green Growth Policies Workshop [27 April & 17 May]

48. Workshop "Youth Social Entrepreneurs: The Next Generation of Change Agents". [13 May]

49. World Bank Visit [10-12 June] 50. Seminar on "Growing Together Sustainably a Zero-Poverty

Post- 2015 Development Framework". [17 September] 51. CPDS Lecture Series "Finding the Poor Through an Evidence

Based Policy Making" [10 October]

2014 52. Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Public Lecture Series “Poverty

Issues in Malaysia’s Economic Development”. (20 March)

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2015 53. Seminar: The World Bank's Malaysia Economic Monitor: Towards A Middle-Class Society (28 January) 54. Public Lecture: The State of Households (13 February) 55. Seminar: International Lessons on Tackling Extreme Housing Exclusion (17 February) 56. Public Lecture: "Size Matters: Why Is It So Small, and How to Enlarge It. The Middle Class." (4 March)

57. Public Forum: The First Malaysian Human Development Report: Redesigning an Inclusive Future. (25 March) 58. Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) Social Mobility Study 2015. (1 April - 31 July) 59. Public Lecture: "Contradictions of Economic Development: A Close Look at The Plight of The Vanishing Sea Gypsies in Iskandar Malaysia."

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THE ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ CHAIR PROGRAMMES AND

ACTIVITIES 2016-2020

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07 | Second Holder of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair (RPUAC)

2018 – 2020

Professor Dr. Martin Ravallion is visiting the University of Malaya as the Holder of Royal

Professor Ungku Aziz Chair 2018 – 2020. He is based in Washington DC where he holds the

inaugural Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics at Georgetown University. Prior to joining

Georgetown in 2013 he was Director of the World Bank’s research department, the

Development Research Group. He is also the previous President of the Society for the Study of

Economic Inequality, a Senior Fellow of the Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of

Development, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, and a

non-resident Fellow of the Centre for Global Development. Martin’s main research interests

over the last 30 years have concerned poverty and policies for fighting it. He has published over

250 papers in refereed journals and book volumes and six books. He has also advised numerous

governments and international agencies. He holds a PhD in Economics from the London School

of Economics and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He has

won numerous prizes including the John Kenneth Galbraith Award from the American Agricultural and Applied Economics

Association and the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award.

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08 | About the Visiting Professor

2018 – 2020

Dr. Dominique van de Walle is currently a Visiting Professor at the Ungku Aziz Centre for

Development Studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. She is a development

economist specializing on poverty, social protection, impact evaluation and gender issues. She has

authored dozens of papers in scholarly journals and three books on these topics. She spent close

to 30 years at the World Bank, mainly in its research department, with stints in the Bank’s gender

and social protection groups, and academic visits to the University of Toulouse and Paris School

of Economics. She holds a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D.

in economics from the Australian National University. She is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for

Global Development. She has also been involved in various studies with gender and poverty focus,

including studying the performance of targeting methods in numerous countries in Sub-Saharan

Africa. She has advised extensively on social protection projects in Yemen and Egypt. Her most

recent interest is in the impacts of marital shocks on the well-being of African women. The

longstanding theme of her research has been how policy can best reach and help poor households as well as poor individuals

within households.

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09 | The Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chairholder and Visiting Professor

Programmes and Activities 2018 – 2020

Research and activities at the Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies

reflects our commitment towards an inter-disciplinary and multidimensional

approach to poverty and development studies. The goals of these core

activities are to further develop and strengthen the Ungku Aziz Centre and to

encourage scholars and experts to share their work and ideas on poverty and

development issues that are relevant at the national, regional and global

levels, as well as to reinforce the links between government bodies,

commercial interests, and the wider community through knowledge transfer,

networking, and pragmatic dissemination of information.

1. WELCOMING LUNCH UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Date: 18th December 2018

Time: 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm

Venue: Concourse, Level 3, Postgraduate Building,

Faculty of Economics & Administration

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2. UNGKU AZIZ RESEARCH GRANT WORKSHOP 2017/2018

Date: 20th December 2018 Time: 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm

Venue: Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Postgraduate Building, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Total Participants: 50

OBJECTIVE The aim of this workshop is to bring together grant recipients on a common platform to present their research findings, to share methods, outputs and ideas/feedback from their research projects.

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3. UNGKU AZIZ LECTURE SERIES ON DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

"Marital Shocks and Women's Welfare" Dr. Dominique van de Walle


Venue: Conference Room, Postgraduate Building Faculty of Economics & Administration

Total Participants: 44 THE FOCUS OF THIS LECTURE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 5: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT & GROUP VULNERABILITY “To understand gender issues, group vulnerabilities, youth, children and the aging population for the purpose of mainstreaming in policy making.”

ABSTRACT One in ten African women above the age of 14 is a widow, and 6 percent are divorcees. Many more have been widows or divorcees at some point in their lives. These marital shocks have, in part, driven the share of female-headed households up across the continent. In the face of divorce or widowhood, women must often struggle with serious economic hardship. A sudden drop in economic support is followed by a host of legal, social and economic disadvantages. Customary laws governing unions and their dissolution privilege men above women, whether it be child custody arrangements, property rights, or inheritance. Underdeveloped formal safety nets and insurance mechanisms fail to cushion the shock. Informal systems of support through the extended family or village only partially fill the gap. This lecture will discuss findings from a small but growing number of studies on the welfare and marital shocks, and the policy implications of this research.

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4. UNGKU AZIZ NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE 2019

"Revisiting Poverty Measurement" Professor Dr. Martin Ravallion

Date: 10th January 2019 Time: 9.15 am - 12.15 pm

Venue: Rumah Kelab PAUM, University of Malaya Total Participants: 37

OBJECTIVE The National Stakeholder Engagement (Roundtable) reflects the purpose and commitments of our core programmes towards an inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional approach to poverty and development studies. The aim is to discuss, review and assess the current progress in the field of poverty and development studies for the purpose of stocktaking in order to identify follow-up themes, plan of action and timeline, research areas/gaps, policy inputs to relevant bodies and to identify collaborative work with partner Institutions.

THE FOCUS OF THIS NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 1: POVERTY “To understand the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty eradiation in order to expand poverty analysis to include the broader development challenges in order to derive appropriate policy measures at different stages of development.” ABSTRACT Much progress has been made against extreme absolute poverty in the world, including in Malaysia. However, new challenges are emerging, with implications for both measurement practices and policies for fighting poverty. Two main issues are discussed in this presentation, namely the existence of social effects on welfare (implying the need for relative poverty lines) and the inadequacy of existing measures in capturing progress in reaching the poorest, such that "none are left behind.” Some recommendations will be offered for better measures going forward.

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"Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood" Dr. Dominique van de Walle

Date: 16th January 2019 Time: 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Venue: Postgraduate Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Postgraduate

Building, Faculty of Economics and Administration Total Participants: 17

THE FOCUS OF THIS LECTURE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 5: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT & GROUP VULNERABILITY “To understand gender issues, group vulnerabilities, youth, children and the aging population for the purpose of mainstreaming in policy making.”

ABSTRACT It is known that Muslim women in Nigeria have significantly worse nutritional status than their Christian counterparts. The second lecture will first show that this difference is explained by covariates including geographic location, ethnicity, household wealth, and women’s education. However, on accounting for observable characteristics, Muslim widows enjoy a higher nutritional status than Christian widows, particularly in rural areas. The patterns are robust to including village fixed effects

and are confirmed for mixed religion ethnic groups. The data are consistent with more favorable processes following widowhood among Muslims, namely inheritance practices and

remarriage options. Data on inheritance and violence patterns by religion confirm that Muslim widows are significantly less likely to be dispossessed of their late husband’s property or to be mistreated upon widowhood by in-laws. Muslim women are more likely to be chronically undernourished but less nutritionally vulnerable to this marital shock. The findings have important policy implications.

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6. INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR DR. MARTIN RAVALLION AND DR. DOMINIQUE VAN DE WALLE, UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES


Venue: Staff Room, Ground Floor, Postgraduate Building, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Total Participants: 18 OBJECTIVE The aim of this lunch is to provide an opportunity for researchers and academicians to engage in an informal discussion with our Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair and Visiting Professor on their research ideas, research proposals, funding, data sources, publications and collaborative networks.

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7. UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND THE POPULATION STUDIES UNIT: A BRAINSTORMING SESSION WITH PROFESSOR DR. MARTIN RAVALLION AND DR. DOMINIQUE VAN DE WALLE

"Using Micro-data for In-depth Analysis - the Way Forward"

Date: 18th January 2019

Time: 10.00 am - 12.00 pm Venue: Postgraduate Conference Room, 3rd Floor,

Postgraduate Building, Faculty of Economics and Administration


OBJECTIVE The objective of this brainstorming session is to discuss the way forward to identify and utilize available data more effectively for research, publication and policymaking.

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"Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households?" by Dr. Dominique van de Walle

Date: 23rd January 2019 Time: 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm

Venue: Postgraduate Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Postgraduate Building,

Faculty of Economics and Administration Total Participants: 41

THE FOCUS OF THIS LECTURE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 1: POVERTY “To understand the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty eradiation in order to expand poverty analysis to include the broader development challenges in order to derive appropriate policy measures at different stages of development.”

RESEARCH PILLAR 5: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND GROUP VULNERABILITY “To understand gender issues, group vulnerabilities, youth, children and the aging population for the purpose of mainstreaming in policy making.” ABSTRACT

Antipoverty policies assume that targeting poor households suffices in reaching poor individuals. This assumption is questioned. A comprehensive assessment for sub-Saharan Africa reveals that

undernourished women and children are spread widely across the household wealth and consumption distributions. Roughly three-quarters of underweight women and undernourished children are not found in the poorest 20% of households, and around half are not found in the poorest 40%. Countries with higher undernutrition tend to have higher shares of undernourished individuals in non-poor households. The results are consistent with intra-household inequality, but other factors also appear to be at work including common health risks.

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9. INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR DR. MARTIN RAVALLION AND DR. DOMINIQUE VAN DE WALLE, UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES


Venue: Staff Room, Ground Floor, Postgraduate Building, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Total Participants: 7 OBJECTIVE The aim of this discussion is to provide an opportunity for postgraduate students to engage in an informal discussion with our Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair and Visiting Professor on their research ideas, research proposals, funding, data sources, publications and collaborative networks.

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10. ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ PUBLIC LECTURE

“Income Inequality: Challenges for Measurement and Policy” by Professor Dr. Martin Ravallion

Date: 29th January 2019 Time: 9.15 am – 12.15 pm

Venue: Lecture Hall 3 (DK3), Building H11, Faculty of Economics & Administration

Total Participants: 180 OBJECTIVE The objective of this lecture series is to acknowledge the contribution of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz in the field of poverty and development research in Malaysia. The aim of this public lecture is to host national figures who have made outstanding contribution to the nation’s development while providing a platform for exchanging ideas, debates and discourse in the area of poverty and development studies. This platform is also open to distinguished academics and individuals who have contributed to the national and international development discourse.

THE FOCUS OF THIS PUBLIC LECTURE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 3: INEQUALITY, DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY “To understand the dynamics of social and economic development in order to promote inclusiveness, equality of access to resources and to reduce vulnerability of citizens, especially those at the lower strata of society at every level of policy making.” ABSTRACT

Inequality is in the news and getting a lot of public discussion globally. Policy makers across the world are debating whether they need to do anything about inequality, and if so, what needs

to be done. But what do we mean by "inequality"? It is a big world, and lack of clarity about its meaning and measurement does not help assure productive debates, or better policies. The lecture will first review what has been happening to inequality globally and in Malaysia. The main focus will be on income inequality, though other dimensions of inequality will be acknowledged. The lecture will discuss both the received wisdom and some dissenting views related to the conceptual basis for measuring inequality. The lecture will then review what we know about how best to respond to concerns about inequality, with some recommendations for thinking about better policies going forward.

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11. CHAIRHOLDER LECTURE SERIES BY PROFESSOR DR. MARTIN RAVALLION

"Measuring Poverty”


Venue: Postgraduate Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Postgraduate Building,

Faculty of Economics and Administration Total Participants: 37


ABSTRACT

This lecture will provide a review of current thinking in measuring poverty and inequality, both globally and with reference to Malaysia. It will identify several limitations of mainstream practices,

and how these might be better addressed in the future. Topics covered will include the distinction between absolute and relative inequality, and that between absolute and relative poverty. A distinction will also be made between standard "counting" approaches to measuring poverty and the Rawlsian approach. It will be argued that both approaches are needed for a complete picture, and to make measurement socially relevant.

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12. UNGKU AZIZ VISITING PROFESSOR LECTURE SERIES ON DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

"Headship and Poverty: Lessons from Africa” by Dr. Dominique van de Walle


Venue: Econo-Cube, Block H09, Faculty of Economics and Administration



RESEARCH PILLAR 5: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND GROUP VULNERABILITY “To understand gender issues, group vulnerabilities, youth, children and the aging population for the purpose of mainstreaming in policy making.”

ABSTRACT

Quantitative poverty assessments often compare poverty of female versus male headed households as a way of saying something about gender poverty. Standard welfare and poverty comparisons between

female-headed households (FHHs) and male-headed households (MHHs) have largely ignored two confounding factors: marital status (influencing access to markets, assets and services) and heterogeneity in household demographics such as size (with bearing on economies of scale in consumption). Both influence welfare and are correlated with gender of headship. Even a modest adjustment for economies of scale changes the poverty comparisons in Africa, with FHHs faring significantly worse overall in East, Central, and Southern Africa. Marital status also matters. The households of female heads are poorer than MHHs except when the female head is married. Taking the head’s marital status and the household’s demographics into account is critical to the association between female headship and welfare outcomes.

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INAUGURAL UNGKU AZIZ DEVELOPMENT FORUM ON INEQUALITY 2020

15TH – 16TH JANUARY 2020

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13. INAUGURAL UNGKU AZIZ DEVELOPMENT FORUM ON INEQUALITY 2020

Date: 15th and 16th of January 2020

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Venue: Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar


OBJECTIVE

This Ungku Aziz Development Forum is designed to be a

platform for an open discussion between the academic

community, development practitioners, policy makers,

NGOs and observers. The aim of this forum is to encourage

relevant parties to re-examine and re-think complex

development

issues in order to

learn from past

experiences and

to inform future

efforts to ensure

the

achievements of

the broader

development

goals of a nation.

The themes of

the forum would

be identified

based on the

cross-cutting

topics that falls

within the main

Research Pillars

of the Centre

and input from

our programmes

and research

findings.

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DAY 1

SPEAKERS

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Distinguished Professor Datuk Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, FASc

Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

ABSTRACT: From Global Realities to Local Articulations; Through the Lenses of Social Anthropology

Social anthropologist Koch (2018), from her observation of European empirical situations on the state of political, social and environmental inequalities, identifies three sets of tensions between and within the said inequalities, namely, (i) macro political economy processes and localised impact; (ii) institutional process of legitimization and everyday forms of resistance; (iii) future-oriented projects of change and the contemporary political demands. Guided by Koch’s useful approach, the presentation seeks to explain how these set of tensions influences and shapes political, social and environmental realities of inequalities at the global and local level, using non-European cases selected from international cases and those of Malaysia, especially the dynamics of an interesting top-down and bottom-up on-going narratives and negotiations. To comprehend these global-local narratives and negotiations it demands not only a set of competent analytical tools, but also the need to deal with political and methodological challenges, within and some outside the realm of social anthropology. This presentation hopes to complement the efforts by development economists working on ‘Third World’ dependent capitalist countries.

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Associate Professor Dr. Andrew Fischer

International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

Abstract: Turning Points versus Bifurcations in the Inequality Dynamics & Redistributive Imperatives of Development

This presentation examines the relation between structural change and inequality through the classical lenses of early development economic provided by Arthur Lewis and Celso Furtado, which provide important perspectives that have been neglected in recent scholarship on both inequality and structural change, even though they remain relevant. Particular attention is given to the Latin American structuralist critiques of Lewis’ model, their emphasis of heterogeneity, patterns of integration, and how structural change in the context of peripheral development exhibits bifurcating and polarizing tendencies in labour markets and in broader economic and social structures. This perspective is important to revisit precisely because it highlights the persisting if not intensifying features of polarization in developing countries, the importance of understanding the vulnerabilities and insecurities experienced by middle income strata, and the important role of redistribution and universalistic social policy in overcoming entrenched forms of social stratification and differentiation.

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Distinguished Professor Dato’ Dr. Rajah Rasiah

Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya

Abstract: Income Inequality in ASEAN Countries While agriculture and mining dominated the economies of Southeast East Asia at the end of World War 2, industrialization took on special emphasis as governments from these countries sought to reduce unemployment and poverty. The industrial emphasis gradually shifted from import-substitution to foreign-ownership driven export-orientation owing to small domestic markets, lack of competitive domestic firms, and efforts to attract multinationals seeking to internationalize production operations.

Using Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, this paper shows that unemployment levels fell dramatically as the exports in GDP increased. Rapid economic growth followed the introduction of export-oriented industrialization in Malaysia (since 1970s), the Philippines (from 1970s), Thailand (from the late 1970s), and Indonesia (from the late 1980s). All four of the countries have since the 2000s faced primitive deindustrialization, which inter alia has resulted in slowing down GDP growth. Governments of the four economies also targeted poverty alleviation as a major instrument of development policy. Largely Rostowian trickling down policies resulted in the bottom 20% of the populations of these countries facing a decline in the share of income from the mid-1980s. Thailand’s improved from the mid-1990s, while the rest showed improvements from 2000. Between 1997 and 2015, the Palma Index of Indonesia worsened before it improved over the period 2015-17. Malaysia’s index worsened in the 1990s before improving after 2000. Thailand’s index showed a trend but gradual improvement in the period 1997-2017. The Philippines’ index showed relative stagnation over the period 1985-2017. The Gini coefficients of the four countries show a similar pattern. Overall, the policy focus on growth and equity has ensured that the incidence of poverty have continued to fall without aggravating seriously income inequality in all four countries.

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Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Talpur

Oxfam International

Abstract: Global inequality and Public Policy World has witnessed extreme economic inequality in the last 30 years, making it one of the biggest development concerns. This concern is justified. The top 1% richest individuals in the world captured twice as much growth as the bottom 50% since 1980. Since 2015, the richest 1% owning more wealth than the rest of humanity. Since 1980’s market fundamentalism has been pursued as a religion. As Thomas Piketty demonstrated in Capital in the Twenty-First Century, ‘without government intervention, the market economy tends to concentrate wealth in the hands of a small minority, causing inequality to rise’. Similarly, Joseph Stiglitz argues that ‘One of the flaws of market fundamentalism is that it paid no attention to distribution of incomes or the notion of a good or fair society. Extreme inequality is not inevitable; it is a public policy choice. I have tried to bring recent trends in global economic inequality, driving factors and what should be a policy response. Paper is based on five years research of Oxfam drawing upon the work of multiple institutions, academics and experts across the globe.

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Dr. Dominique van de Walle

Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies

Abstract: Gender Inequality and Poverty

The presentation will elaborate on several key themes in the study of gender inequality drawing on the recent literature and research findings. It will begin with a discussion of key data issues. This will be followed by a discussion of the ‘missing women’ phenomenon; the topic of the feminization of poverty; findings of gender differences in vulnerability to shocks and gender differences in access to livelihoods.

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Mr. Jarud Romadan Khalidi

Khazanah Research Institute (KRI)

Abstract: Inequality & Intergenerational Social Mobility in Malaysia Inequality and poverty in Malaysia have been declining since the 1970s. Yet, litter is known about how children from different backgrounds have performed. This study investigates the existence and extent of intergenerational social mobility based on the survey data collected from 4,999 Malaysian households, representative at rural/urban, and state level. The achievement of working adults (born between 1975 and 1990) were compared with their parent’s achievement (born between 1945 and 1960) in terms of education attainment, occupational skill and level of income. The extent of economic mobility is studied by examining the income changes between each child-parent pair in both absolute and relative terms. The results show that children born to parents in the bottom income quintile do not necessarily stay at the bottom as adults, while children born to parents in the top income quintile do not necessarily stay at the top as adults. The study argues that Malaysians are better off, but progress has probably slowed, and social mobility is increasingly constrained.

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DAY 2

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

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Holder of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair

Abstract: Income Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia Since May 1969 The race riots that broke out in Kuala Lumpur in May 1969 triggered a national public effort aiming to reduce Malaysia’s longstanding ethnic inequalities and to greatly reduce poverty. This paper assesses Malaysia’s progress over the last 50 years on both counts. Substantial progress has been made, though the extent of that progress depends crucially on the conceptual distinctions one makes, including between absolute and relative inequality, and absolute and relative poverty. Lessons are drawn on both future policy challenges and future measurement practices.

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Mr. Abdul Halim Abdul Aziz

Director of Equity Development Division Ministry of Economic Affairs

Session 6: Shared Prosperity Vision 2030: Tackling Inequality

Abdul Halim Abdul Aziz is the Director of Equity Development Division at the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) since October 2018. In this role, he oversees the five (5) main functions at the division which include; (1) policies, strategies and programmes; (2) research; (3) capacity building; (4) data development; and (5) sector monitoring activities.

Equity Development Division also served as the instrument for bumiputera participation for related policies, strategies, entrepreneur development and inclusive development. He has served various ministries and agencies since he joined the civil service in 1992, such as the Ministry of Housing and Local Governance, the Public Service Department, the Economic Planning Unit, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He holds a Master in Planning Research from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Urban Environmental Management from Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1996. He also completed his diploma in Public Administration at the National Public Administration Institute (INTAN) in 1992.

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Mdm. Nazaria Baharudin

Department of Statistics Malaysia

About the Panelist:

Mdm. Nazaria Baharudin is the Deputy Chief Statistician for Technical Development and Social Programme within the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). She obtained her BBA (Econs) from West Texas State University, USA and her MBA from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She also holds a Diplome in Education (Hons) from Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia. Mdm. Nazaria started her career in the civil service in 1990 at the Ministry of Human Resource as a Statistician in the Human Resource Policy Division. She then moved to the Department of Statistics Malaysia in 2003 and has been working with DoSM since. With her long and extensive experience in the civil service, she has worked with many projects, both local and international. Mdm. Nazaria also has been involved a number of professional organization where the latest organization she is a member of is the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDG).

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Dr. Vivi Alatas

Lead Economist, Worldbank (2000 - 2019)

Vivi Alatas is the former Lead Economist and Poverty Team Leader at World Bank Office Jakarta where she worked since 2000 after finishing her PhD study until recently. She lead the Poverty Team in providing technical assistance and analytical work on overall poverty issues in Indonesia. She has a Bachelor Degree Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Indonesia, holds a Master Degree and PhD in Economics from Princeton University, USA.

Her team has produced several flagship reports for national and global audiences, including ‘Targeting Poor and Vulnerable Households in Indonesia’, ‘Making Poverty Work in Indonesia’ and most recently ‘Indonesia’s Rising Divide’. These reports are important sources of reference for government, civil society, private sector, and development agency counterparts. She is currently providing advisory role to National Team in Accelerating Poverty Reduction under Indonesia Vice President Office and also as founder and advisor for Data Science startup. She has written several papers on targeting, minimum wages, labor, dynamics of income distribution, corruption, gender, social capital, poverty measurements, and poverty program evaluations.

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Dr. Muhammed Abdul Khalid

Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister

Muhammed Abdul Khalid is currently the Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Prior to the appointment, led the Council of Eminent Persons’ (CEP) secretariat. The Council was set up three days after the 2018 general election to advise the new Malaysian government on economic and financial issues.

He has served as consultant for the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Children’s Fund and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He had also served as a Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute, Head of Economics at the Securities Commission Malaysia and a senior analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies. He was also a Senior Technical Advisor at the UNDP Malaysia. Muhammed obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from University of Southern California, USA, holds a Master’s degree in Economics from University of Malaya, and Los Angeles and a PhD holder from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris, France.

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14. CHAIRHOLDER LECTURE SERIES BY PROFESSOR DR. MARTIN RAVALLION

"Measuring Inequality”

Date: 17th January 2020 Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 noon

Venue: Econo-Cube, Block H09, Faculty of Economics and Administration



RESEARCH PILLAR 3: INEQUALITY, DISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY “To understand the dynamics of social and economic development in order to promote inclusiveness, equality of access to resources and to reduce vulnerability of citizens, especially those at the lower strata of society at every level of policy making.” ABSTRACT

This lecture will provide a review of current thinking in measuring poverty and inequality, both globally and with reference to Malaysia. The lecture will identify a number of limitations of

mainstream practices, and how these might be better addressed in the future. Topics covered will include the distinction between absolute and relative inequality, and that between absolute and relative poverty. A distinction will also be made between standard "counting" approaches to measuring poverty and the Rawlsian approach. It will be argued that both approaches are needed for a complete picture, and to make measurement socially relevant.

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THE ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ CHAIR FIELD TRIP:

SARAWAK AND SABAH

19TH – 24TH JANUARY 2020

FLAGSHIP RESEARCH POVERTY IN SARAWAK

POVERTY IN SABAH

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15. STAKEHOLDER MEETING: SARAWAK

Date: 19th – 22nd January 2020

Venue: Kuching, Sarawak

OBJECTIVES This field trip is part of the Centre’s effort to collaborate with universities, research organisations, government agencies and stakeholders through two of its flagship research. The aim is to strengthen networking ties by identifying areas for institutional collaboration that could lead to joint research and training projects, policy output for stakeholders and community outreach programmes that are mutually beneficial.

List of Organisations:

1) Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family & Childhood Development

2) Courtesy Visit by YB. Datuk Haji Talib Zulpilip, Minister in the Chief Minister's Department (Integrity and Ombudsman)

3) Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

4) Sarawak Foundation 5) Kampung Tambey

These engagements were well received with the commitments to move forward through formalized collaborations to be identified.

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SARAWAK FIELD TRIP

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16. STAKEHOLDER MEETING: SABAH

Date: 22nd – 24th January 2020 Venue: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

OBJECTIVES This field trip is part of the Centre’s effort to collaborate with universities, research organisations, government agencies and stakeholders through two of its flagship research. The aim is to strengthen networking ties by identifying areas for institutional collaboration that could lead to joint research and training projects, policy output for stakeholders and community outreach programmes that are mutually beneficial.

List of Organisations:

1) Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

2) Kampung Sembulan 3) Sabah Foundation, Menara Tun Mustapha 4) Sabah Public Welfare Department, Wisma MUIS

These engagements were well received with the commitments to move forward through formalized collaborations to be identified.

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SABAH FIELD TRIP

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17. JOINT LECTURE SERIES: UNGKU AZIZ CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (UAC) — SOCIAL WELLBEING RESEARCH CENTRE (SWRC)

"Evaluating Social Policies” by Professor Dr. Martin Ravallion and Dr. Dominique van de Walle

Date: 29th and 30th January 2020 Time: 3.00 pm - 4.30 pm and 10.00 am – 12.00 noon

Venue: Postgraduate Conference Room, Postgraduate Building, Faculty of Economics & Administration

Total Participants: 41 (day 1) and 35 (day 2)

THE FOCUS OF THIS LECTURE IS RELATED TO RESEARCH PILLAR 7: DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL POLICY “To understand the vulnerability of citizens in the face of crisis, natural or man- made and their rights to welfare and social protection and contribute towards designing policy instruments.”

ABSTRACT The main policy instruments will be described, with a review of existing evidence on the effectiveness in practice. This will include case studies on specific policies. Some implications will be drawn for

future policy making and policy monitoring and evaluation. The focus of these two lectures are:

1) Principles and methods of impact of evaluation in India and China

2) A case study of the India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

3) A case study of a Poor Area Development Program in Rural China

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18. DISCUSSION WITH KHAZANAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Date: 30th January 2020

Time: 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Venue: Econo-Cube, Block H09, Faculty of Economics and

Administration Total Participants: 10

OBJECTIVE Discussions with KRI to strengthen institutional research collaboration on poverty and inequality in line with the Centre’s objectives to share expertise of the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair and Visiting Professor programmes.

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10 | Core Programmes

THE ROYAL PROFESSOR UNGKU AZIZ PUBLIC LECTURE This lecture series aim to recognize the contribution of Royal Professor Ungku Aziz in the field of poverty and

development research in Malaysia. This lecture series was inaugurated in 2014, with the aim of hosting national figures who have made unparalleled contributions to the nation’s development while providing a platform for exchanging ideas, debates and discourse in the area of poverty and development studies, both locally and internationally. This platform is also open to distinguished academics and individuals who have contributed to the national and international development discourse.

NATIONAL STAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE The aim of this event reflects the purpose and commitment of all our core programmes towards an inter-disciplinary

and multi-dimensional approach to poverty and development studies. The main aim is to review and assess the current progress in the field of poverty and development studies for the purpose of stocktaking to identify the follow-up themes, plan of action and timeline, research areas/gaps, policy inputs to government as well as to identify collaborative work with partner institutions.

UNGKU AZIZ DEVELOPMENT FORUM This Ungku Aziz Development Forum is designed to be a platform for an open discussion between the academic community, development practitioners,

policy makers, NGOs and observers. The aim of this forum is to encourage relevant parties to re-examine and re-think complex development issues in order to learn from past experiences and to inform future efforts to ensure the achievements of the broader development goals of a nation. The themes of the forum would be identified based on the cross-cutting topics that falls within the main Research Pillars of the Centre and input from our programmes and research findings.

UNGKU AZIZ BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES The purpose of this seminar is to provide a platform for academics, development

practitioners, policy makers, NGOs and stakeholders to share their work and ideas on development issues that are relevant at the national, regional and global levels.

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PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME

Public Outreach Programme is a non-welfare programme. It reflects two (2) main components of research

at Ungku Aziz Centre. These components are academic publications and public engagement programmes.

The aim is to create a database on the poor, vulnerable and other target groups. It also aims to strengthen

the relationship between the academic, community, the general public, policy makers and the international community. Hence,

fulfilling the role of Ungku Aziz Centre as the channel to increase accessibility to information and facilitate the dissemination of

this information amongst various stakeholders.

RETHINKING POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Poverty and development is a dynamic and multi-dimensional subject. The analysis of poverty in the context

of the broader development challenges at times requires the re-thinking and the reframing of old and new

development problems, frameworks, theories, approaches and methodologies from an inter-disciplinary

perspective. The aim is to encourage researchers, policy makers and stakeholders among others, to find new understanding

and policy solutions to development problems that have confronted developing nations for decades.

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11 | Research Pillars

1. Poverty To understand the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty eradiation in order to expand poverty analysis to include the broader development challenges in order to derive appropriate policy measures at different stages of development.

2. Poverty and Sustainable Development To understand and search for compatible frameworks between development targets such as growth, poverty eradication, the provision of basic needs, employment creation, equity and distribution, while sustaining the environment for future generations and to design appropriate policy measures for social transformation and managing sustainability.

3. Inequality, Distribution & Social Mobility To understand the dynamics of social and economic development in order to promote inclusiveness, equality of access to resources and to reduce vulnerability of citizens, especially those at the lower strata of society at every level of policy making.

4. Labour & Human Capital To understand and address labour market constraints that creates segmentation by class, income, ethnicity and gender and to understand the dynamics behind upward social mobility of vulnerable groups by exploring existing tools and framework in order to inform policy making.

5. Gender, Development & Group Vulnerability To understand gender issues, group vulnerabilities, youth, children and the aging population for the purpose of mainstreaming in policy making.

6. Human Security To understand human security as another dimension of development that has become a global challenge for policy making, in order to design appropriate policy instruments for intervention both locally and internationally.

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7. Development & Social Policy To understand the vulnerability of citizens in the face of crisis, natural or man- made and their rights to welfare and social protection and contribute towards designing policy instruments.

8. Political Economy To understand the inter-relationship between the political, economic and social dimensions of development by comparing old and new modalities to analyze current realities from an academic and policy perspectives.

9. Growth & Wealth Creation To look beyond poverty and welfare in the effort to eliminate poverty and search for new modalities, methodologies and approaches to inclusive wealth creation by: (a) Focusing on inclusive wealth creation through

entrepreneurship and social justice, among others; (b) Harnessing technology, innovation, the role of

millennials as the engine of growth and development while examining and capitalizing on the dynamics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for the benefit of all target groups;

(c) Seeking new modalities in entrepreneurship financing and mentoring to ensure success and to overcome start-up challenges.

10. Culture & Development To understand the role of culture and development in line with the inter-disciplinary nature of development studies by: (a) Emphasizing the need to go beyond economics and

to bring together disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and social studies among other, to enable a comprehensive understanding of how social and cultural norms play a role in influencing development outcomes.

(b) Bridging the inter-disciplinary gap, as it is crucial for

enabling the forces of inclusive growth, social justice, political cohesion and religious divisions, for example, as necessary building blocks towards a holistic development approach as expressed trough: Culture and social norms, ethnic relations, gender divisions for instance and to search for modalities and framework to achieve unity despite diversity that would enable creative policy solutions to ensure inclusion and limit exclusion in the path to development.

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12 | CPDS Research Grants (CPDSRG) Project List 2017 – 2018

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2018 - 2019

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FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

CAPACITY BUILDING & ACADEMIC

PROGRAMMES

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13 | Programmes

YEAR 2019

68

YEAR 2018

69

STAFF PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES/COURSES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS 2018

70

YEAR 2017

71

YEAR 2016

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15 | Centre’s Publications

2019

Why Workers Do Not Use Health Care Services in Public Clinics- A Case of Non-Citizens in Malaysia Maryam Sohrabi, Ahmad Farid Osman, Makmor Tumin (2019) International Journal on Recent Trends in Business and Tourism, 3(1): 1-7

The Multidimensional Poverty Measure among Malaysian Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Retirees Solaymani, S., Vaghefi, N., & Kari, F. (2019) Applied Research in Quality of Life, 14(5), 1353-1371.

Ethnic Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia Since 1969 Martin Ravallion NBER Working Paper No. 25640 March 2019 JEL No. I32, O15, O53

Quantifying the Managerial Ability of Microfinance Institutions: Evidence from Latin America Banna, H., Rana, M. S., Ismail, I., and Ismail, N. (2019) Journal of International Development DOI: 10.1002/jid.3419

A Contingent Valuation Approach to Evaluating Willingness to Pay For An Improved Water Pollution Management System in Dhaka City, Bangladesh Sehreen, F., Masud, M.M., Akhtar, R. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2019),

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7595-9

The role of mass media in communicating climate science: An empirical evidence Junsheng, H., Akhtar, R., Masud, M.M., Rana, M.S. & Banna, H. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 238, article no. 117934 WOS: 000487231200120

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7595-9

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Determinants of Sino-ASEAN Banking Efficiency: How Do Countries Differ? Banna, H., Shah, SKB., Noman, AHM., Ahmad, R., Masud, MM. (2019). Economies. 7(1),1-23

Perception of Climate Change and the Adaptation Strategies and Capacities of the Rice Farmers in Kedah, Malaysia Akhtar. R, Masud. M.M, and Afroz.R.(2019) Journal of Environment and Urbanization Asia

History of microfinance in Bangladesh: A life cycle theory approach Md Aslam Mia, Hwok-Aun Lee, VGR Chandran, Rajah Rasiah & Mahfuzur Rahman (2019) Business History, 61(4), 703-733

Climate change adaptation: A corrective policy framework in the Malaysian agricultural sector Akhtar, R., Masud, M.M., Noman, A.H.M., Jabin, N. & Alam, A.S.A.F. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2019, 18(4), pp.338-352

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2018

How Productive Are Life Insurance Institutions in Malaysia? A Malmquist Approach Muhammad Mehedi Masud, Md. Sohel Rana, Md Aslam Mia, Md. Khaled Saifullah (2018) The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 6(1): 241 - 248

Factors affecting the financing cost of microfinance institutions: panel evidence Mahfuzur Rahman, Aslam Mia, Izlin Binti Ismail, Che Ruhana Isa. (2018) 29(2)

Community responses to flood risk management–An Empirical Investigation of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Malaysia Masud, M. M., Sackor, A. S., Alam, A. F., Al-Amin, A. Q., & Ghani, A. B. A. (2018) Marine Policy, 97: 119- 126 How does terrorism affect the international trade of Muslims countries? Ruiz Estrada, M., Park, D., Tahir, M. et al. Quality and Quantity, 52(5): 2255- 2268

Does income inequality affect environmental sustainability? Evidence from the ASEAN-5 Masud, M. M., Kari, F. B., Banna, H., & Saifullah, M. K. (2018) Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 23(2), 213-228.

Farmers’ perceptions, awareness, attitudes and adaption behaviour towards climate change Akhtar R., Rafia Afroz, Masud M., Mahfuzur Rahman, Haniza Khalid & Jarita Duasa (2018) Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 23(2), 246-262. The quantitative and qualitative evolution of the social security research Ruiz Estrada, M.A. & Koutronas, E. (2018) Quality and Quantity, 52(4): 1807-1816 The economic cost of the Islamic State on the Syrian and Iraqi economies Ruiz Estrada, M.A., Khan, A., Park, D. (2018) Quality and Quantity, 52(4): 1707-1730

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How Effective Is the BTUN-Diagram in the Evaluation of Territorial Unification Negotiations: The Case of China-Taiwan Territorial Unification? Ruiz Estrada, M.A., Ndoma, I., Park, D. (2018) The Chinese Economy, 51(3):227-240

Evaluating Corruption under The Application of the Socio-Economic Development Desgrowth Index (Ð-Index): The Case of Guatemala Ruiz Estrada, M.A., Staniewski, M.W., Ndoma, I. (2018) Quality and Quantity, 52(3), 1137-1157

The Past, Present, and Future of Policy Modeling Ruiz Estrada, M.A. and Park, D. (2018) Journal of Policy Modeling, 40(1): 1-15 Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Access to Public Clinics Makmor Tumin, Khaled Tafran, Ahmad Farid Osman & Nurul Huda Mohd Satar (2018) Journal of Health and Translational Medicine, 21(1), pp. 28-33.

Household Indebtedness: How global and Domestic Macro-economic Factors Influence Credit Card Debt Default in Malaysia Theong May Jin, Ahmad Farid Osman & Yap Su Fei (2018) Institutions and Economies, 10(3), pp. 37-56.

Issues and Challenges of Public Health Accessibility among Urban Poor

People: A Case Study of Malaysia, Iran and India Maryam Sohrabi, Makmor Tumin & Ahmad Farid Osman (2018) Malaysian Journal of Medical Research, 2(4), pp. 22-31

Barriers in Obtaining Primary Health Care Services from Public Clinics by

Non-Citizen Labors in Malaysia Maryam Sohrabi, Ahmad Farid Osman, Makmor Tumin (2018) Malaysian Journal of Medical Research, 2(1), pp. 52-60

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2017

Adaptation Barriers and Strategies towards Climate Change: Challenges in The Agricultural Sector Masud, M.M., Azam, M.N., Mohiuddin, M., Banna, H., Akhtar, R., Alam, A.S.A.F., Begum, H. Journal of Cleaner Production, 156 (2017): 698-706

Impact of socio-demographic factors on the mitigating actions for climate change: a path analysis with mediating effects of attitudinal variables Masud, MM, Akhtar, R, Nasrin, S, Adamu, IM Journal of Cleaner Production, 156 (2017): 698-706

Regional Circuits of International Medical Travel: Prescriptions of Trust, Cultural Affinity and History Whittaker, A, Chee, HL, Por, HH Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Pages: 136-147 Special Issue: SI Who Trusts Others? Community and Individual Determinants of Social Capital in A Low-Income Country Asadullah, M.N. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2017, 41(2), pp.515-544

Determinants of Commercial Banks’ Efficiency in Bangladesh: Does Crisis Matter? Hasanul Banna, Rubi Ahmad, Eric H.Y. Koh Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business Vol 4 No 3 (2017) 19-26

Hydrological Hazard Assessment: THE 2014-15 Malaysia Floods Ruiz Estrada, M.A., Koutronas, E., Tahir, M., Mansor, N. (2017) International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24(1): 264-270

Revisiting The Phillips Curve: Visualization from a Multidimensional Graphical Perspective Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada, Su-Fei Yap, Noor Azina Binti Ismail Contemporary Economics, 11(1): 67-90

Gender, Citizenship and Health-Related Quality of Life: An Overall Perspective from Malaysia Makmor Tumin, Ahmad Farid Osman, Nurhidayah Abdullah and Sook Lu Yong (2017) International e-Journal of Science, Medicine & Education, 11(2): 14-23

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2016

Do Pro-Poor Schools Reach Out to the Poor? Location Choice of BRAC and ROSC Schools in Bangladesh Asadullah, M. Niaz IZA Discussion Paper No. 10326

Working for Welfare: Inequality and Shared Vulnerability among the Malaysian Middle Classes Shamsulbahriah K.A. Rodrigo Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies 53

(1): 9-31, 2016

The Effect of Formal Banks on Household Income and Poverty in Bangladesh Md. Kabir Ahmed, M. Niaz Asadullah, Uma Kambhampati Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies

53(2): 173–193, 2016

Child marriage law and freedom of choice in Bangladesh Asadullah M.N., Wahhaj, Z. Economic and Political Weekly, 51(3): 24-26

Household’s perception of water pollution and its economic impact on human health in Malaysia Afroz, R., Banna, H., Masud, M. M., Akhtar, R., & Yahaya, S. R. (2016) Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(1): 115-123.

Climate change issue and theory of planned behaviour: relationship by empirical evidence Masud, M. M., Al-Amin, A. Q., Junsheng, H., Ahmed, F., Yahaya, S. R., Akhtar, R., & Banna, H. (2016) Journal of Cleaner Production, 113: 613-623

Clinical Labor: Tissue Donors and Research Subjects in the Global Bioeconomy Por Heong Hong East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal

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Livelihood Assets and Vulnerability Context of Marine Park Community Development in Malaysia Masud, M. M., Kari, F., Yahaya, S. R. B., & Al-Amin, A. Q. (2016) Social Indicators Research, 125(3): 771-792

Poverty within watershed and environmentally protected areas: the case of the indigenous community in Peninsular Malaysia Kari, F. B., Masud, M. M., Yahaya, S. R. B., & Saifullah, M. K. (2016) Environmental monitoring and assessment,

188(3): 1-14

2015

Exploring factors influencing farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a planned adaptation programme to address climatic issues in agricultural sectors Ahmed, A., Masud, M. M., Al-Amin, A. Q., Yahaya, S. R. B., Rahman, M., & Akhtar, R. (2015)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(12): 9494-9504

Cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of Pain Catastrophizing Scale among young healthy Malay-speaking adults in military settings F. H. Mohd Din, Victor C. W. Hoe, C. K. Chan, M. A. Muslan Quality of Life Research, 24(5): 1275–1280

The dissonance between schooling and learning: Evidence from rural Bangladesh Asadullah, M.N., Chaudhury, N. Comparative Education Review, 59(3): 447-472

Book Review: David Reisman Trade in Health: Economics, Ethics and Public Policy Cheltenham, UK: Dr. Chan Chee Khoon Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Enviro-Economic Instruments And Waste Management: The Prospects Of Applying The Indifferent Consumers -Pay Principle In Malaysia S Khanam, AKMM Islam, MJBMM Noor, AB Jaafar Regional Science Inquiry

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2014

Impact of residents’ livelihoods on attitudes towards environmental conservation behaviour: An empirical investigation of Tioman Island Marine Park area, Malaysia Masud, M. M., Kari, F. B., Yahaya, S. R. B., & Al-Amin, A. Q. (2014) Ocean & Coastal Management, 93: 7-14

Traditional knowledge of Orang Asli concerning forest in Peninsular Malaysia Fatimah Kari, Roozbeh Kardooni, Siti Rohani Yahaya & Siti Hajar Yusup Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 13(2): 283-291

Poverty evaluation in the Malaysian Fishery Community Solaymani, S., Kari, F. (2014) Ocean & Coastal Management, 95: 165-175

Impacts of energy subsidy reform on the Malaysian economy and transportation sector Saeed Solaymani, Fatimah Kari Energy Policy, 70: 115-125

Evaluating the Role of Subsidy Reform in Addressing Poverty Levels in Malaysia: A CGE Poverty Framework Saeed Solaymani, Fatimah Kari & Roza Hazly Zakaria (2014) The Journal of Development Studies, 50(4): 556-569

2012

Exploring the Spatial Dimensions of Rural

Development Models in Malaysia 1957-2007

L.J. Fredericks

Institutions and Economies, 4(1): 47-62

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16 | Institutional Engagement

The establishment of the Chair and the Centre avows

Malaysia’s continuing commitment to poverty

eradication. Malaysia is often showcased as a country

that has been successful in attaining its development

objectives. Through the auspices of the Malaysian

Technical Development Programme, Malaysia has

provided a platform for sharing its development

experience with other developing countries, especially

through fostering South-South cooperation. Hence, the

Malaysian experience is envisaged to provide useful

lessons for other developing countries in policy and

programme formulation for poverty alleviation.

The initial objectives of the Centre as set out in the

establishment papers are summarized below:

To organize joint research projects and undertake

comparative studies on poverty and rural

development including amongst rural communities in

remote and marginalized areas

To develop new approaches and methodologies that

are suitable for poverty and development studies, as

well as to provide consultancy services and technical

assistance

To improve accessibility to information pertaining to

poverty groups through the creation of databases,

publications, seminars and conferences as well as

through the internet and the media

To contribute towards capacity building in the rural

areas especially amongst the poor and encouraging

the incorporation of local and indigenous knowledge

in the development process

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INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT

(2016 – 2020)

• National University of Malaysia (UKM)

• Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI)

• Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)

• Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

• Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)

• International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

• Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

• Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)

• Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

• Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)

• Malaysia University of Science and Technology

• Methodist College Kuala Lumpur

• Binary University

• Institute For Environment And Development(Lestari)

• Asia-Europe Institute

• International Institute of Public Policy andManagement (INPUMA)

• Centre For Natural Products Research And DrugDiscovery (CENAR)

• Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia(YaPEIM)

• Securities Commission Malaysia

• Focus Malaysia

• Politeknik Port Dickson

• Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (TERAJU)

• Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya(AIS)

• Social Wellbeing Research Centre, University ofMalaya (SWRC)

• Prime Minister’s Office

• Ministry of Works

• Ministry of Finance

• Ministry of Health

• Ministry of Economic Affairs

• Ministry of Federal Territories

• Ministry of Human Resources

• Ministry of Rural Development

• Ministry of Youth & Sports

• Ministry of International Trade And Industry

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Ministry of Water, Land And Natural Resources

• Department of Statistics Malaysia

• Ministry of Wellbeing, Welfare, CommunityWellbeing, Women, Family & ChildhoodDevelopment Sarawak

• Sabah Chief Minister Department

• Sabah Public Welfare Department

• Sabah Economic Planning Unit

• Lembaga Penduduk Dan Pembangunan KeluargaNegara

• Sabah Foundation

• Sarawak Foundation

• Institute for Poverty Research & Management, UMK(InsPeK)

• Institute of Malaysian & International Studies, UKM(IKMAS)

• Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

• Khazanah Research Institute (KRI)

• Malaysian Medical Relief Society (MERCY)

• Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS)

• Institute Of Strategic And International Studies (ISIS)

• Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI)

• Institut Sosial Malaysia (ISM)

• Malaysian Institute Of Economic Research (MIER)

• Pusat Kepimpinan Wanita Tun Fatimah Hashim

• Bank Negara Malaysia

• World Bank

• Yayasan Sime Darby

• Employees Provident Fund

• Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM)

• SME Corporation Malaysia

• Yayasan Sejahtera

• Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank)

• Malaysian Aids Foundation

• Malaysian Agricultural Research And DevelopmentInstitute (MARDI)

• Telekom Malaysia (TM)

• Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (SUHAKAM)

• Johor Corporation (JCORP)

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