One way to encourage more people in Malaysia to participate in the e-Census and other data-driven research is to highlight the long-term benefits of contributing to these studies. KRI, a think-tank under Khazanah Nasional Berhad, has employed the census data in most of their major reports, which provide recommendations for policy-making. Simultaneously, the government should enact a data privacy law that includes government data, ” he says, addressing the privacy concerns. “By far, the biggest data-related challenge the World Bank faces in Malaysia is insufficient access to survey data. Robust data ecosystemHigh quality and accessible data will lead to better design of policies and strategies.
