Chang Yii Tan
CHANG Yii Tan is the Managing Director of PE Research Sdn Bhd, an economic
consultancy company. He has 30 years of working experience in studies in search of
sustainable development. He has been a consultant for the Economic Planning Unit
(EPU), JICA and IDE-JETRO, Danida, and UNDP Malaysia. Studies that he has
undertaken include: surveys of PRER in Penang, design of new incentives for foreign
and local investment, economics of climate change; design of trust funds for
conservation; coastal zone management and sustainable tourism for marine and
natural forest areas. Yii Tan has also led the writing of a Handbook on Economic
Instruments for Environmental Management for the EPU as well as economic valuation
studies on health, biodiversity conservation and ecotourism. He has undertaken the
socio-economic studies as part of Environmental Impact Assessments involving major
dams (requiring resettlement) for HEP, water supply and also highways and Mass Rapid
Transit, oil and gas refinery plants, coastal reclamation projects. Yii Tan also have
experience with assessing social impact studies. He has managed several nation-wide
surveys covering topics such as new villages, Orang Asli (native people) communities
in Peninsular Malaysia, recycling, and teleworking. He is a director of Sustainable
Development Initiatives (SUDI) and was the past President of the Malaysian
Evaluation Society (2012).