While 2020 was all about the spread of Covid-19, 2021 was about how the world rapidly got vaccinated to fight it. Bloomberg’s Covid-19 vaccination tracker, which tracks the number of doses administered worldwide, shows that as at Dec 19, more than 8.71 billion vaccine shots had been given, which works out to 113 shots for every 100 people across the globe.

The year the world got vaccinated

According to Deloitte’s Technology-empowered Digital Trade in Asia Pacific report, Malaysia leads the other Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member states in terms of the growth of their e-commerce markets, which have developed rapidly in recent years.

Malaysia’s e-commerce market the fastest-growing among RCEP members

Malaysia disclosed a net zero by 2050 target under the 12th Malaysia Plan. There has not been much discussion, however, about the policy mechanisms that will lead the nation towards this goal, what it entails or the benefits to be accrued.

Pathways to GHG emissions reduction for Malaysia

Sectoral skills demand by 2025

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for existing digital users to adopt new online services and increase their frequency of use and spend in these services, according to the latest report released by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co.

Southeast Asia’s internet economy to double by 2025

Malaysia has battled hard against the Covid-19 virus over the last 18 months.