June 6, 2018

IDEAS congratulates the appointment of Tommy Thomas as Attorney General, reiterates the need to separate the offices of the AG and Public Prosecutor

Kuala Lumpur, 6 June 2018: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) congratulates Tommy Thomas on his appointment as Attorney General. Tommy is a renowned […]
June 4, 2018

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) strategy to promote cards payments questioned

Kuala Lumpur, 4 June 2018 – IDEAS has today published “Payment Card Reform Framework (PCRF): A Policy Evaluation Study”, written by Dr Teo Wing Leong of Nottingham University. […]
May 31, 2018

Putrajaya’s frank debt disclosure unusual but positive in long term, experts say

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 —  Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s insistence that Malaysia’s liabilities are greater than previously disclosed is unorthodox but augurs well for transparency […]
May 31, 2018

Debt donation drive more populist than economic

PETALING JAYA: A prominent economist says the government’s crowdfunding initiative to help “ease” the country’s debt appears to be another policy geared towards populism rather than […]
May 30, 2018

Economist: Donation drive to settle govt debts embarrassing, bad precedent

GEORGE TOWN: An economist said the government’s donation drive to reduce the country’s debts is unprecedented and likely the first of its kind in the world. […]
May 26, 2018

The lowdown on Malaysia’s debts

PETALING JAYA: Now that Malaysia’s debt of a trillion ringgit has become public knowledge, are you one of those who fear the country is headed for […]
May 24, 2018

Costly overlapping programmes

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
May 24, 2018

A Maze for Maszlee

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
May 24, 2018

IDEAS endorses measures to increase autonomy, access and creativity in education

Kuala Lumpur, 24 May 2018: Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) welcomes the reforms that the Ministry of Education proposed to roll out and highlights […]