This report summarizes the findings and recommendations made in a longer report “MALAYSIAN CARE ECONOMY: LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS” which was commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme Country Office for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam and United Nations Development Programme Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH). 

The lead author is Haniza Khalid, assisted by Umi Zakiah Norazman and Nornazwah Hasan Basri. This report would not have been possible without the close cooperation of UNDP colleagues from the BRH gender team in particular, Koh Miyaoi and Tshering Choden, and at the Country Office; Manon Bernier, Jessie Cheah Swee Neo, Izza Izelan, Alizan Mahadi, Herlianna Naning, Nurulnabillah Ahmad Hijazu, David Tat Ui Tan. 

The report has benefited from the insights and experiences of various care-providing companies, as well as care researchers and practitioners across the country, whose work and observations were captured through media or private interviews with the author.