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Scientific Information (ISI) listed journals reached 48, and publication of books, articles in

Scopus journals, book chapters, and in other presses reached 65. As for the consultation, the
FEA staff actively involved in consultations work worth of RM898,654.34.

The growing reputation of University of Malaya and the Faculty helped increase the interest

from foreign universities to establish collaboration linkages with us in 2016. The Faculty had
an active memorandum of understanding (MoU) and memorandum of administration (MoA)

with international organizations. The internalization of the University also saw a third of our
graduate students originating from abroad, while several external staff were appointed as

adjunct professors, visiting professors and visiting fellows.

The stellar performance of the Faculty also saw major speakers from prominent international

organizations and universities presenting papers and talks at the faculty. By far the most
prominent speaker in this list was Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who

delivered an exciting lecture on how leaders successfully implemented policies to alleviate

poverty in Malaysia. Among the other notable speakers were Professor Kaushik Basu (World
Bank Chief Economist and Professor of Economics at Cornell University), Professor Jomo

Kwame Sundaram (former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, and currently
Deputy Director General, Food and Agricultural Organization), Professor Mohammad Jalal

(President of the Asian Population Association and United Nations Fund for Population
Activities’ laureate), Dr. Roberto Guimaraes (Deputy Division Chief, Regional Studies

Division Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund), Associate Professor

Daniel Slater (Chicago University), Tan Sri Professor Kamal Salih (former Director of the
Malaysian Institute of Economic Research) and Professor Wolfgang Drechsler (Chair of

Governance at Tallinn University of Technology).

Although we have a long way still to go it is now obvious that the reforms initiated by the

University’s top management in recent years has been kicking in into the performance of the
faculty. Such was the academic improvement recorded by our faculty that the Department of
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Development Studies was ranked 32 in the world by the QS World University Rankings by
subject in 2015. This splendid performance could not have been possible without the hard

work and determination of our staff. To them I wish congratulations and sincere thanks. It is
also important to recognize the contributions of the Faculty’s fellows and senior research

fellows, and students, both undergraduates and postgraduates, in building our Faculty’s

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