What works in Malaysia
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Malaysia
Malaysia has made substantial progress on gender representation and digital inclusion. Women's board representation among top listed companies rose from 14% to 30.6% between 2015 and 2023 following the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021's 30% women-director target, and the national network of 1,099 community digital hubs (NADI) has reached 1.9 million members with entrepreneurship training delivered to over 4,000 people including 3,390 women. The gig economy has expanded dramatically, with active gig workers growing from 29,200 in 2016 to over 1 million by 2021 through programmes like eRezeki and GLOW, though formal registration of gig workers remains low at under 20%. Additionally, Malaysia's real-time National Fraud Portal achieved a 75% reduction in investigation timelines and a 43-fold improvement in fund-freeze rates since its April 2024 launch.
Drawn from: Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021 — 30% Women-Director Target for Listed Companies · eRezeki & GLOW — Malaysia's Digital Economy Corporation Programme for B40 Gig-Economy Digital Inclusion · Accelerating Disability-Inclusive Digitalization — NCBM's Cross-Disability Digital-Accessibility Training in Malaysia · NADI – National Information Dissemination Centre · Malaysia National Fraud Portal — AI-powered real-time anti-scam network for financial intelligence · Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) — Industry-Academia Skills Tri-Partnership · Malaysia SiPKPM — AI-enhanced national early-warning system for school dropout prevention · Malaysia's DE Rantau Nomad Pass
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +16 pts 22 here · 7 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +14 pts 44 here · 31 average
Scalability beyond pilot +12 pts 75 here · 64 average
Evidence of learning impact +10 pts 38 here · 28 average
Equity & inclusion +10 pts 62 here · 52 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -9 pts 67 here · 76 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -14 pts 40 here · 54 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Curator validation -24 pts 50 here · 74 average
Effectiveness -27 pts 50 here · 77 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Malaysia. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
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
Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) — Industry-Academia Skills Tri-Partnership · 81
Malaysia SiPKPM — AI-enhanced national early-warning system for school dropout prevention · 80
Malaysia's DE Rantau Nomad Pass · 71
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Malaysia concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more