January 27, 2020

Sustained reforms will ensure Malaysia’s continued progress against corruption

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 January 2020 – Malaysia’s positive achievement in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 should be sustained with meaningful structural reforms continuing to be […]
January 23, 2020

IDEAS applauds significant improvement in Malaysia’s performance in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2019

Kuala Lumpur, 23 January 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) applauds Malaysia’s performance in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2019. The index released […]
January 16, 2020

IDEAS endorses Cabinet decision on PLUS, calls for a divestment policy first

Kuala Lumpur, 16 January 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) endorses the Cabinet decision to not sell PLUS Malaysia Bhd. IDEAS believes that […]
October 30, 2019

IDEAS urges the government to consider a more transparent approach toward reforming GLCs

Kuala Lumpur, 30 October 2019 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) launched the first in a series of GLC Monitor policy briefs earlier […]
October 4, 2019

Corporate liability: A sledgehammer or double-edged sword?

Written by Datin Paduka Dr Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Senior Fellow at IDEAS
September 11, 2019

IDEAS applauds the National Budget Office (NBO) for involving civil society in the budgeting process and looks forward to the budget announcement next month

Kuala Lumpur, 11 September 2019: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) applauds the government’s efforts in implementing best practices in their preparations to table the […]
August 26, 2019

IDEAS urges the government to provide open and transparent access to micro-data to tackle poverty challenge

Kuala Lumpur, 26 August 2019 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) urges the government to be more open and transparent in providing statistics […]
July 4, 2019

Where Pakatan Harapan Went Right and Wrong with the RTS Link

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
March 29, 2019

IDEAS: Government should release contents of CEP report to the public

Kuala Lumpur, 29 March 2019 – IDEAS is concerned over Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin’s statement in Parliament that the government will […]