January 30, 2019

IDEAS applauds NACP’s forward-looking initiatives, calls for political will to deliver meaningful progress

Kuala Lumpur, 30 January 2019-The National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) launched yesterday presents an honest, hard-hitting and forward-looking strategy for Malaysia to combat corruption in the next […]
June 29, 2018

Switching currencies will be costly, says economist

PETALING JAYA: A think tank has warned of the high cost of changing the Malaysian currency as a means of fighting corruption, saying going cashless would […]
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 17, 2018

The fall of the corrupt

Written by Nazrul Nazri, Research Intern at IDEAS
March 26, 2018

Economists take issue with Pakatan’s pledge to abolish GST

Of the many promises made by Pakatan Harapan (PH) in its manifesto for the upcoming general election, the pledge to abolish the goods and services tax […]
January 5, 2018

‘Create bigger middle class to beat graft’

KUALA LUMPUR: A growing middle class is Malaysia’s best bet against corruption, says former director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy. “Growing the part of […]