Malaysia’s Fertility Rate Is Falling: Is Family Life Still Within Reach?
The global Total Fertility Rate has fallen by nearly half since the 1960s, from above 5 births per woman to approximately 2.3 today. In some advanced economies, it has dropped below 1.5. Our grandmothers raised six children on one income. Today, couples with two incomes hesitate before one. That is a decline of more than […]
Growing in numbers, ageing in silence
Malaysia is still growing. But the numbers that matter are not just about size. They are about timing. And that timing is shifting. Malaysia is not facing a population collapse. The total population is projected to grow from 32.4 million in 2020 to about 42.4 million before flattening in the late 2050s. The issue is […]
When the Price of a Bag of Fertiliser Becomes a National Security Question.
Why Malaysia’s food-security risk begins upstream, long before the supermarket shelf Malaysia’s food-security risk does not begin at the supermarket shelf. It begins much earlier, at the point where farmers decide whether they can still afford to apply enough fertiliser for the next planting season. That is the real lesson from the recent disruption in […]
RM1.5 Trillion and a Month of Shock: What Malaysia Can Still Do Now.
When the Strait of Hormuz tightened in March 2026, Malaysia did not suffer a blackout. There were no rationing queues and no sudden industrial shutdowns. What happened was quieter, but in some ways more revealing. The monthly fuel subsidy bill rose from about RM700 million to around RM3.2 billion in late March 2026, driven by […]
Malaysia Has a Plan. Now Comes the Hard Part : The Six Levers of Malaysia’s Energy Transition
Twenty-four years sounds like a long time. It is not. By 2050, the child born this Raya will be sitting where we are sitting now, He will be making decisions, paying taxes, raising children of his own. What we build in the next two decades, or fail to build, is the inheritance we leave them. […]
Why Net Zero Cannot Wait: Malaysia’s Carbon Clock Is Already Running
Malaysia has treated net zero as a 2050 problem for long enough that it has quietly become a 2026 problem. The horizon did not move. We simply ran out of distance. That habit is now expensive. Not metaphorically expensive. Not reputationally expensive in the way sustainability reports tend to mean when they use that word […]
OKRs vs. KPIs: Using them to Measure Performance Effectively in your Business Planning
When running a business, measuring performance is essential to ensure that goals are met, processes are optimized, and success is sustained. Two popular frameworks for tracking performance and ensuring accountability are OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). While they are sometimes conflated, these tools serve distinct purposes and can complement each […]
The Downsides of Data Centers in Malaysia: A Critical Look
As data centers expand globally to meet the demand for digital services, their establishment in Malaysia comes with notable challenges and drawbacks. While they support technological growth, these facilities pose significant environmental, economic, and societal risks. Below are the key reasons data centers could be detrimental to Malaysia, supported by statistics and insights: 1. High […]
Roaming Souls Technologies Pvt Ltd (PapSwap Centre for Public Policy) and 27Advisory Forge Strategic Alliance to Advance PMU and Corporate Consultancy Initiatives in India
5/12/24 – New Delhi/Kuala Lumpur: Roaming Souls Technologies Pvt Ltd, operating as PapSwap Centre for Public Policy, and 27Advisory, a leading Malaysian management consultancy firm, are proud to announce a strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to enhance government Program Management Units (PMU) and corporate consultation services across India, driving significant socio-economic impact. This alliance leverages […]
An Analysis of the PADU System in Malaysia
On the 2nd of January 2022, the Malaysian Government launched the PADU system, its digitalised central database to collect key information on its citizens to enable the more effective delivery of fiscal support systems. Received with mix responses from the citizenry, the system represents an effort by the Government to more fairly and accurate provide […]