What works in Malaysia
7 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Malaysia
Malaysia has made significant progress in corporate governance, with women's board representation among top listed companies rising from 14% to 30.6% between 2015 and 2023 following the MCCG 2021 target. The country has deployed digital inclusion and educational interventions at scale: NADI's network of 1,099 community digital hubs reached 1.9 million members and provided free digital tuition to 42,000 students, while SiPKPM's AI early-warning system reintegrated 4,758 dropout students in 2025, a 76% increase year-on-year. Malaysia has also strengthened financial crime response: the National Fraud Portal reduced investigation time by 75% and achieved a 43-fold improvement in fund-freeze rates for promptly reported cases since its April 2024 launch. The evidence presented does not quantify outcomes across sectors comprehensively, focusing instead on specific policy and technology implementations.
Drawn from: Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021 — 30% Women-Director Target for Listed Companies · NADI – National Information Dissemination Centre · Malaysia National Fraud Portal — AI-powered real-time anti-scam network for financial intelligence · Malaysia SiPKPM — AI-enhanced national early-warning system for school dropout prevention · Kuamut Rainforest Conservation Project (Sabah, Malaysia) · AI at Work 2.0 — Malaysia's government-wide generative-AI productivity rollout for civil servants · Raja Musa Forest Reserve Peat Swamp Restoration (North Selangor, Malaysia)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Efficiency +0.483
Equity & inclusion +0.443
Evidence of learning impact +0.34
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.262
Curator validation +0.25
Evidence of impact / measured public value +0.235
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +0.234
Scalability beyond pilot +0.2
Effectiveness +0.189
Teacher capability & pedagogy +0.187
Sustainability (ongoing) +0.186
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.118
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.083
Weaknesses
Innovation level -0.256
Top good practices here
Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021 — 30% Women-Director Target for Listed Companies · 96
NADI – National Information Dissemination Centre · 88
Malaysia National Fraud Portal — AI-powered real-time anti-scam network for financial intelligence · 87
Malaysia SiPKPM — AI-enhanced national early-warning system for school dropout prevention · 80
Kuamut Rainforest Conservation Project (Sabah, Malaysia) · 67
AI at Work 2.0 — Malaysia's government-wide generative-AI productivity rollout for civil servants · 53
Raja Musa Forest Reserve Peat Swamp Restoration (North Selangor, Malaysia) · 53
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