October 15, 2018

Malaysia’s development financing institutions need rebooting

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
August 3, 2018

Think tank warns of power imbalance with Dr M in Khazanah

PETALING JAYA: A think tank has expressed reservations about Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad being the chairman of sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional. Speaking to FMT, […]
June 21, 2018

IDEAS: Transparency is crucial to Reformed SST

Kuala Lumpur, 21 June 2018: Today, IDEAS published a Brief IDEAS titled “Post GST Malaysia: Recommendations for a Reformed Sales and Services Tax (RSST)”. The short […]
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
February 8, 2018

‘Freer institutions key to a developed Malaysia’

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): Malaysia must place emphasis on better transparency, governance and independence of its institutions, if the nation is to elevate itself towards becoming […]