May 9, 2019

IDEAS: On its one year anniversary, the PH government must rekindle energy and public support for its reform agenda

Kuala Lumpur, 9 May 2019- The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) congratulates the Pakatan Harapan government for completing its one-year term in office today. The […]
April 10, 2019

IDEAS merumuskan bahawa hampir setahun menjadi kerajaan, hampir satu pertiga daripada janji ekonomi dalam Buku Harapan telah ditunaikan atau sedang maju

Kuala Lumpur, 10 April 2019- IDEAS telah melancarkan edisi pertama Projek Pantau, suatu kad laporan yang menganalisa prestasi PH dalam melaksanakan janji – janji di dalam manifesto […]
April 9, 2019

IDEAS concludes that after almost a year in office, nearly a third of PH’s economic promises are either achieved or on track

Kuala Lumpur, 9 April 2019-IDEAS has released the first edition of Projek Pantau, a report card on PH’s performance in fulfilling promises in its Buku Harapan […]
February 14, 2019

Malaysian political economy outlook in 2019-2020 not encouraging

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
January 11, 2019

Govt involvement in housing market could cost taxpayers — IDEAS

Kuala Lumpur, 11 January 2019- A central plan by the government to address the issue of affordable housing could lead to losses that may “fall on taxpayers’ […]
November 1, 2018

Budget 2019: The question is ‘why tax’, not ‘which tax’

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
September 23, 2018

Make GLCs politics-free

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 SEPT 2018-  The running of government-linked companies (GLCs) must be free from politics if the new Pakatan Harapan government is serious about reforms, says […]
September 22, 2018

Govt repeating mistakes of old in handling GLCs

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 SEPT 2018- A prominent economist has questioned why the government is returning to the “ways of old” when dealing with government-linked companies (GLCs), despite […]
September 5, 2018

Mahathir driving for a new national dream car

Singapore, 5 Sept 2018- When Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed a new national car project shortly after his May 9 election win, Malaysians quickly took to […]