The Economic and Business unit at IDEAS advocates for efficient market systems, trade liberalisation, and the establishment of a fair and effective global trading system. Reducing barriers to international trade and promoting efficient resource allocation are important for greater economic openness and integration, driving growth and development. Our work extends across diverse areas, including trade and regional integration, as well as support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By advocating for policies that promote competition and innovation, our aim is to create a more competitive economy that benefits all stakeholders.
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Policy Ideas No. 84 – Carbon Pricing for the Malaysian Steel Industry: Incentivising Sustainable Growth
ASEAN Integration Report 2024 – Inclusive Trade: Perspectives on Regulatory Challenges for MSMEs in ASEAN
Brief IDEAS No. 41 – Semiconductors: Navigating Supply Chain Resilience and Trade
Policy Ideas No. 79 – Asserting Climate Change Leadership in ASEAN: Carbon Pricing for the Malaysian Steel Industry
Brief IDEAS No. 39 – Competitive Neutrality in the Malaysian Power Sector: Removing Barriers for a Greener and More Innovative Energy Industry
ASEAN Integration Report 2023:- Advancing Regional Integration: Priorities of the Youth in the AEC Blueprint 2025
Brief IDEAS No. 38 – Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Projects and Information Asymmetry: Engagements with Local Communities in Malaysia
Brief IDEAS No. 37 – Challenges in Hiring and Talent Upskilling in Malaysia as an Upper Middle Income Country: Paving the Way Forward for a Resilient, Skilled Workforce in the Manufacturing and Services Sectors
Brief IDEAS No. 36 -Strengthening the Digital Trade Ecosystem: The Next Frontier for Malaysia
ASEAN Integration Report 2022
ASEAN Integration Report 2021
Policy Paper No 70 – Post COVID-19 Recovery: Building SME Resilience
ASEAN Integration Report 2020 – To Compete or Co-operate?: A Call for ASEAN Convergence in Policy in the Wake of COVID-19
API 2020 Briefing Paper No. 04- Intra-ASEAN migration: Risks and opportunities
API 2020 Briefing Paper No. 03- Keeping freights moving: Why ASEAN needs a Digital Integration Forum for the logistics sector
Brief IDEAS No. 29 –Building SME digital resilience: What have we learned from the MCO?
API 2020 Briefing Paper No. 02- ASEAN Integration Through the Skies: The Current Progress in Preparation for 2025
Policy Paper No 65 – Malaysia, Taiwan and CPTPP: Economic Impact Assessment
Policy Paper No 64 – The Future of Malaysia’s Energy Mix
Brief IDEAS No. 28 – Tourism Recovery Plan: An Opportunity for Change Post COVID-19
The Socio-Economic Contribution of the Natural Gas Industry in Malaysia: Background Research
Brief IDEAS No. 27 – COVID-19 Recovery Strategy: Malaysia as a Regional Manufacturing Hub
API 2020 Briefing Paper No.1 – Post-COVID Supply Chain Reconfigurations: Convergence or Divergence in ASEAN Economic Integration?
Brief IDEAS No 20: COVID-19 and the MCO: An Exit Strategy for Malaysia
Brief IDEAS No 13 –Potential Deadweight Loss of Departure Levy
Navigating the Palm Oil Debate
Brief IDEAS No 17: A Counter-Cyclical Tax Reform
The importance of Intellectual Property Rights for progress: A reform agenda for ASEAN countries
ASEAN Integration Report 2019
IDEAS Position Paper: Making Shared Prosperity a Reality in Budget 2020
Policy Paper No 62 – SMEs’ Compliance Cost in Malaysia
Policy Paper No 61 – Malaysian Property Market: Affordability and the National Housing Policy
1st Kuala Lumpur Roundtable – July 2019 Report
Malaysia Digital Trade Report
Brief IDEAS No 14 – CPTPP: The Case for Ratification
EU-ASEAN FTA Report
Policy Paper No.57 – E-hailing regulations: striking the right balance
Policy Paper No.56: Economic Benefits of ASEAN Single Aviation Market
Policy Paper No.55: Powering the future: Malaysia’s energy policy challenges
Policy Paper No.54 :Countering Illicit Trade-Lessons from Abroad
Brief IDEAS No 11 – Tax in the Digital Age
Policy Paper No.52 – Strengthening the ASEAN Single Aviation Market: Implementing the AEC Blueprint 2025 for Air Transport
Policy Paper No.51 – Affordable Housing and Cyclical Fluctuations: The Malaysian Property Market
Policy Paper No.50 – Create or Nurture? Lessons from Cyberjaya: Malaysia’s Promised Silicon Valley
Policy Paper No. 49 – Intellectual Property Rights in ASEAN: Developments and Challenges
Brief IDEAS No 9 – Post GST Malaysia: Recommendations for a Reformed Sales and Services Tax (RSST)
Policy Paper No. 48: Payment Card Reform Framework (PCRF): A Policy Evaluation Study
ASEAN Integration Report
Brief IDEAS No 8 – Ownership and Control of Airlines in Southeast Asia: Prospects for an ASEAN Community Carrier
Policy Paper No. 44: Illicit Trade in Malaysia: Causes & Consequences
Brief IDEAS No 6 – Advancing the ASEAN Single Aviation Market
Policy Paper No 38 – Malaysia’s Tax System Friend or Foe to Prosperity?
Policy Paper No 26 – Capitalism in Asia
Policy Paper No 25 – Economic Liberalism in Asia
Policy Paper No 25 – Pembebasan Ekonomi di Asia
Policy Paper No 20 – Malaysia’s Public-Private Partnerships in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Alternatives to complete carve-out
Policy Paper 8 – The hardware and the software to overcome a middle-income trap
Policy Paper No. 47: Anti-profiteering Regulations: Effects on Consumer Prices & Business Margins
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