August 14, 2020

IDEAS: Fokus kepada meningkatkan persaingan IKS dan perlindungan sosial untuk pemulihan

Kuala Lumpur, 14 Ogos 2020 – Penguncupan dalam KDNK pada suku kedua 2020 sebanyak 17.1% seperti yang diumumkan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) hari ini sebahagian […]
August 14, 2020

Malaysia has raised its poverty line by more than 100%. Where do things go from here?

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 August 2020 – Working as a building manager for the block of low-cost flats he lives in, Lazim Sakel, 50, earns around RM1,800 […]
August 13, 2020

Malaysia’s Migrant Labor Ban Draws Flack

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 August 2020 – Business groups and policy experts are warning that a snap decision by the Malaysian government to limit migrant workers to […]
July 10, 2020

IDEAS welcomes the government’s upward revision of the poverty line

Kuala Lumpur, 10 July 2020 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) applauds the effort of the Department of Statistics Malaysia in revising the methodology […]
July 10, 2020

New poverty line will better reflect people’s needs, says think tank

PETALING JAYA, 10 July 2020 – A think tank has welcomed the government’s revision of the poverty line from RM980 to RM2,208. The Institute for Democracy […]
July 3, 2020

Dasar-dasar kesihatan untuk pelarian yang lapuk dan bersifat xenofobia boleh mendedahkan semua komuniti kepada risiko

Written by Nur Zulaikha Azmi, Research Executive at IDEAS
June 29, 2020

Outdated healthcare policies for refugees and xenophobic decision making puts all communities at risk

Written by Nur Zulaikha Azmi, Research Executive at IDEAS
June 19, 2020

Malaysia’s Coronavirus Scapegoats

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 June 2020 – Earlier this year, Malaysia made headlines when a mass religious gathering at a Kuala Lumpur mosque became the largest known […]
April 27, 2020

Self-employed, SMEs need more help

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 April 2020 – PUTRAJAYA has to do more to assist the self-employed as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) get back on […]