Tech For Good Institute

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Transforming the Digital Health Landscape in ASEAN

In this article, Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo and Daniel Azlan Mahadzir from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute reflect on key policy gaps discussed at the 2025 ASEAN Summit, highlighting what ASEAN must address to unlock digital health’s full potential.

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Transforming the Digital Health Landscape in ASEAN

— TFGI Resources

Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery

Digital platforms across Southeast Asia (SEA) have transformed from basic transaction facilitators into integral components of national digital infrastructure. This shift presents significant opportunities for governments to enhance policy implementation and public service delivery.

— TFGI Resources

Digital Platforms Benefit for Policy Implementation: Transforming Public Service Delivery

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Malaysia’s Data Centre Boom: Can Growth and Sustainability Coexist?

Malaysia’s ambitions to become a digital powerhouse demand an urgent consideration of rapidly increasing energy demands to power the backbone of this goal—data centres. It needs to go beyond an incentive-based approach and develop proactive, enforceable guidelines that balance growth and sustainability objectives.

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Malaysia’s Data Centre Boom: Can Growth and Sustainability Coexist?

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The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia

The rapid pace of technological advancement and business model innovation is fundamentally transforming the nature of work across Southeast Asia (SEA). In response, the Tech For Good Institute (TFGI) is launching a platform to convene policymakers, researchers, and thought leaders in a series of discussions on New Models of Work. These insights will help shape a sustainable and inclusive future of work in the region.

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The Future of Work: Advancing New Models of Work in Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia in the Crosshairs: Navigating Trump’s Protectionist Trade Policies

Deborah Kay Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation, explores the immediate and potential long-term challenges posed by President Trump’s tariff agenda, highlighting the precarious position of Southeast Asian nations.

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Southeast Asia in the Crosshairs: Navigating Trump’s Protectionist Trade Policies

— Research, TFGI Reports

Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation

How can Southeast Asia harness digital innovation to drive inclusive and sustainable growth? Supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and launched at Asia Tech x Singapore 2025 (ATxSG), this report explores the region’s opportunity to capitalise on its digital momentum to advance sustainable development.

— Research, TFGI Reports

Digital Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s Next Frontier for Impact and Innovation

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From Passive Awareness to Active Resilience against Scams

As online scams become a growing concern across Asia Pacific (APAC), Abhishek Roy, a UX researcher at Google and Founder of ShieldUp!, explores the growing scam crisis, current limitations in traditional scam prevention and recommendations to build stronger digital resilience.

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From Passive Awareness to Active Resilience against Scams

— TFGI Reports

A Framework for Confident Digital Society

This working paper by the Tech for Good Institute proposes an initial conceptual framework on how to enable a Confident Digital Society.

— TFGI Reports

A Framework for Confident Digital Society

This working paper by the Tech for Good Institute proposes an initial conceptual framework on how to enable a Confident Digital Society.

— TFGI Insights

Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

TFGI is on the lookout for visionaries, industry experts, and thought leaders to contribute their perspectives. Whether your passion lies in innovation, sustainable growth, or digital progress, your unique viewpoint on the digital economies of Southeast Asia can spark thought leadership and shape impactful discussions.

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Have insights on Southeast Asia's digital landscape?

Leveraging the promise of technology to advance inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth

While technology continues to turbocharge Southeast Asia’s growth and development, the reality is that it is also transforming our economies and societies in fundamental and unprecedented ways. We know little yet about how these profound changes may require adaptations in our economic, social, political and economic systems.

We have only scratched the surface in understanding the impact of technology in a complex region like Southeast Asia, and much more can be done to enrich our collective knowledge and engage in meaningful discussions on the topic.

The Tech for Good Institute is creating dialogue, research and communities to harness the promise of technology and its full potential to uplift lives in Southeast Asia. We are a non-profit founded by Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp.