Gig Economy Sector in the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025)

"The Malaysian government will be focusing on the gig economy sector as one of the new sources of economic growth in the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (RMP12), which will outline the country’s economic development plan for the next five years between 2021 and 2025. The RMP12 will be based on shared prosperity initiative."

https://www.orissa-international.com/business-news/gig-economy-to-be-emphasized-in-twelfth-malaysia-plan/

Book Review on Gig Economy

Excerpt:

"In The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham unpack the ‘how’ of the gig economy through quantative datasets and ethnographic vignettes from countries including the UK, Ghana, South Africa and India. As the study doubles up as a manifesto for the gig economy’s reconstruction, this is an important contribution to the existing literature that provides an excellent summary of existing research and builds on it using extensive fieldwork, writes Krishna Akhil Kumar Adavi." 

The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction. Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham. Polity. 2019.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2020/07/26/book-review-the-gig-economy-a-critical-introduction-by-jamie-woodcock-and-mark-graham/

Measuring Digital Trade

 OECD. WTO. IMF. Handbook on Measuring Digital Trade. What are you waiting for? Dig in. ^__^

https://www.oecd.org/sdd/its/Handbook-on-Measuring-Digital-Trade-Version-1.pdf

Policy Tool-Kits During Covid-Led Period

An article from IMF Blog on Policy Tools necessary to fight the pandemic. In preparing for Budget 2021, it is important to consider all angles. While short-term solutions are imperative, the long-term outlook is equally important. Don't lose the jungle for the tree.

https://blogs.imf.org/2020/10/23/emerging-and-frontier-markets-policy-tools-in-times-of-financial-stress/

CBDC Malaysia - From Monetary Perspective

Staff Insight Paper from Bank Negara Malaysia, published in 2017.

https://www.bnm.gov.my/index.php?ch=en_publication&pg=en_staffinsight&ac=45&bb=file

USA vs. China Digital Currency War

Who will win?

Excerpt:

"The U.S. is likely to be defeated if it competes with China on the mere technology side. Ultimately, In order to gain a competitive hedge, the U.S. needs to offer what an authoritarian regime like China cannot offer, which is privacy-focused, censorship- resistant digital currency.

To do so, the U.S. should join forces with the crypto community and empower those crypto networks codifying democratic values.

“The best way for them [the U.S] to compete is to actually embrace the best features of cryptocurrency and really push these as sort of an offensive tool against the Chinese.” 

HIghest Paying Gig Jobs in South East Asia

Most of the high paid jobs are technology related. Time to learn new skills, especially for those entering 30s and 40s age bracket, because the highly paid freelancers are professionals with skills and experiences. How do the freelancers get hired? Another Survey says the top two reasons are based on previous clients and words-of-mouth. 

Full story in the article below:

https://seads.as/highest-paying-jobs-as-a-freelancer-in-southeast-asia/