June 30, 2020

IDEAS calls for greater autonomy and independence for Boards of statutory bodies

Kuala Lumpur, 30 June 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) published a report today entitled “Making sense of complexity in statutory body governance: […]
June 5, 2020

PENJANA Recovery Plan: IDEAS urges more long-term thinking in implementation

Kuala Lumpur, 5 June 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) welcomes the government’s RM35 billion Short-Term Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) to kick start […]
May 22, 2020

Addressing weak parliamentary oversight

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
May 14, 2020

IDEAS: The federal government must distribute resources fairly, regardless of political affiliation

Kuala Lumpur, 14 May 2020 – IDEAS has published Policy IDEAS No. 63, “The Political Economy of Federal-State Relations: How the centre influences resource distribution to the […]
May 5, 2020

MCO Exit Strategy: IDEAS urges consensus, transparency, and inclusion

Kuala Lumpur, 5 May 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) welcome the government’s decision to relax the rules for the movement control order […]
April 29, 2020

Improving budget transparency should continue under the PN Government

Kuala Lumpur, 29 April 2020 – IDEAS congratulates the Malaysian government for improving its transparency index in the 2019 Open Budget Score (OBS). The OBS evaluates […]
April 14, 2020

IDEAS: During this crisis, MPs should focus on legislation, not on running GLCs

Kuala Lumpur, 14 April 2020 – IDEAS is deeply concerned with recent developments regarding the appointment of various politicians to head Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) and Statutory […]
March 30, 2020

Fiscal transparency should not be missed out in the “Prihatin” Stimulus Package

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
March 30, 2020

Think tank fellows call for fiscal transparency of govt’s RM250b economic stimulus package

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 March 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) has called for fiscal transparency in the implementation of the recently announced RM250 […]