In many countries, ethnicity and religion have become one of the important features in the development of a nation. Whether it can be a positive or negative element depending on contexts such as social, culture, religion and tradition. The post-independence era, however, proved to be more difficult for countries which their borders and boundaries were …
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Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst
Introduction Over the years, public policy has become the fundamental principle of administration in a nation state, a guideline and framework used by a government to run the country; and often became fundamental for development approach. While there are many forms of policy-making, the concept of ‘policy transfer’ has become an increasingly popular way to …
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Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst
The recently-concluded 14th general election (GE14) certainly provided hope to Malaysians who have been pursuing change over the years. Besides political parties, there are many civil society and social movement groups, or whatever terms we want to call them,who contributed towards this new Malaysia and this should not be neglected. They have been fighting for …
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Urwah Saari
International Development Analyst