Implikasi Pandemik COVID-19 terhadap Ekonomi Global dan Ekonomi Malaysia

Abstract

Situasi semasa dan cabaran yang dihadapi oleh semua negara menunjukkan bahawa pandemik COVID-19 yang sedang berlaku ini merupakan sebuah krisis berskala global. Dalam penulisan ini, pendapat dan penulisan daripada ahli akademik, pemerhati politik dan laporan-laporan daripada institut-institut kajian telah ditinjau dan disaring untuk mendapatkan idea-idea utama yang dilontarkan terhadap setiap implikasi yang dibincangkan. Bagi menghadapi kesan kegawatan ekonomi ini, negara-negara di seluruh dunia melancarkan Pakej Rangsangan Ekonomi untuk mengurangkan risiko kegawatan pada masa hadapan. Malaysia juga mengeluarkan pakej rangsangan kewangan sebanyak RM250 bilion. Sekiranya pakej rangsangan ini terus bertambah, jumlah hutang negara akan semakin meningkat dan negara-negara di seluruh dunia tidak dapat lagi menanggung beban hutang yang tinggi. Ini akan membawa kepada situasi yang seterusnya, iaitu negara-negara tersebut terpaksa meminjam daripada institusi-institusi kewangan dunia yang didominasi oleh elit kuasa iaitu Amerika Syarikat dan China seperti IMF, World Bank dan AIIB.

Repercussions of COVID-19 Lockdown on Implementation of Children’s Rights to Education

“…Teo Nie Ching, a Malaysian member of parliament, claims that 37 percent of pupils in the Ministry of Education in Malaysia do not have access to computers during the current COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the equivalent of 1.7 million "digital poor" kids in elementary and secondary school [ 23 ].…”

The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic towards the Resilience of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia

“…The protracted health crisis has triggered economic uncertainty for the whole world including Malaysia [17]. The majority of SMEs in Malaysia are at risk of closing their businesses if the uncontrollability management of the Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of the any restriction movement approaches such as MCO are implemented continuously [7] [19]. During the MCO period for almost two years, 72.4 percent of SMEs closed their business operations temporarily, while 58.6 SMEs did not record any sales [5].…”

“…The Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of any nationwide restriction movement approach such as MCO have adversely affected the people and businesses especially SMEs. Several sectors are unable to operate normally due to movement restrictions and changes in consumer behavior, thus affecting employment and economic resilience [15] [19]. In this regard, the Malaysian government has provided a large amount of assistance to reduce the burden on the people and businesses especially SMEs.…”

The Implication of Movement Control Order (Mco) Toward the Small-Scale Food and Beverage Activities in Johor, Malaysia

“…During the MCO, the travel radius was limited, so it was imperative to place SMEs within every 10 km travel radius to facilitate buyers in an emergency such as COVID-19 and restriction of movement, particularly in rural areas with limited access to purchase essential goods. The local authority should also assist the dealer in managing the rent, business lots, hawker licenses, and stalls, which must be paid even if the shop had to be closed (Farique & Fauzi, 2021). The digitization policy in business dealings is also a technology that can help hawkers continue to do business even during a pandemic (Kumar & Ayedee, 2021).…”