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Insights & Resources

Our insights and resources are rooted in honest inquiry—a candid approach to pursuing genuine understanding, characterised by curiosity, intellectual integrity, and a commitment to finding well-founded, reasoned answers to complex questions.

Frontline Insights

Nuanced insights and fresh perspectives on today’s most pressing issues and forces shaping our world.

  • Governance & Society

| Beyond Extraction

The externalities trap

How corporate boardrooms mistook extraction for profit, and left you with the bill

Is your 2027 AI business case missing this line?

Malaysia emits like the rich but speaks like the poor

As the US marks its 250th birthday, it operates an empire in all but name
  • Global Shifts

| China

The emerging energy map and shifts in global power

As the Middle East conflict accelerates wider geopolitical and technological shifts, new questions emerge about who will define the world's next energy order.
  • Governance & Society

| Conservation

Conservation must work with, not against, livelihoods

A national park reclassification made lifelong farmers "illegal." What GIFT's leaders learned from it.
  • Business

| Housing Finance

Why homes remain unaffordable in Indonesia

What if the housing crisis isn’t about supply, but about systems that can’t recognise how most people actually earn and live?
MORE FRONTLINE INSIGHTS

Ideas for Change

Co-created with leaders across the world through field projects and a multi-stakeholder approach to deliver context-driven solutions to business and development challenges.

  • Healthcare

Safe Eats Start with Clean Seats

How toilets and shared infrastructure could transform sanitation, livelihoods, and India’s street food economy.
  • Healthcare

Bringing Singapore’s Hawker Centre Model to India

Interview with Jack Sim (aka "Mr. Toilet"), Founder & Director, World Toilet Organization (WTO)
  • Energy

Building Sustainable Energy and Water Systems for the Philippines

Transforming energy insecurity and water scarcity in the Philippines into affordable utility services requires integrated, scalable solutions that combine commercial viability with long-term community resilience.
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Publications

Our publications offer critical perspectives, bold ideas, and practical strategies to shape better systems for organisations and societies.

  • Book

Understanding China – Governance, Socio-Economics, Global Influence

This timely and thought-provoking book offers a long-overdue, balanced perspective on China’s remarkable transformation, from a constrained economy in the late 1970s to a global powerhouse by 2024. Through a deep dive into the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, the principles of Chinese governance, and the socio-economic forces driving its ascent, the authors provide a nuanced understanding of China’s evolving role on the world stage.
  • Book

Consumptionomics: Asia’s Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet

Consumption has been for many years the fuel that drives the engine of global capitalism. The recent financial crisis has seen the West's leading economists and policy makers urging Asia to make a conscious effort to consume more and thereby help save the global economy. This is a view shaped by conventional wisdom which conveniently refuses to acknowledge both the undesirable effects of consumption and the limits to growth.
The Sustainable State by GIFT
  • Book

The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society

The free-market, limited-government development model has been an ecological and social disaster for the developing world. Sustainable and equitable development is only possible with the active involvement of a strong central state that can guide the economy, protect the environment, and prioritise meeting people’s basic needs.
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Leadership Tools

From insight to action, our proprietary leadership tools support critical reflection, growth, and impact. 

  • Tool

PRISM Tool

GIFT’s PRISM tool is designed to spark honest reflection, fast diagnostics, and meaningful action. It helps teams see where they stand and where they can go, together.
  • Assessment

Personal Engagement Quotient (PEQ)

A self-assessment tool designed to help individuals understand how they engage across knowledge, communication, and empathy. It offers a personalised score and recommendations to support more intentional, purpose-driven leadership.
PASSION toolkit by GIFT
  • Tool

PASSION Scorecard

GIFT’s PASSION tool is a simple yet effective scorecard that provides real-time feedback, helping guide discussions, keep focus, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
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