Budget 2015 | Ideas

Revised budget falls short on dealing with tough year

News Newspaper Political Economy and Governance By admin|January 22, 2015 |0

IDEAS CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan says that more could have been cut from bureaucracy, especially from the Prime Minister’s Department. “If the government was cutting spending, it is not doing enough. The PM’s Department itself is so big,” he sai [...]

Save money transparently

Economy & Trade Opinion By admin|October 17, 2014 |0

by Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz. First published in The Malay Mail Online 17 October 2014 “What’s in it for me?” is the inevit [...]

Paying it backwards

Economy & Trade Governance Opinion By admin|October 17, 2014 |0

by Tricia Yeoh. First published in The Sun 17 October 2014 AMIDST the media frenzy that surrounds the budget each year, n [...]

Belanjawan 2015: Defisit, hutang dan perbelanjaan kerajaan

Economy & Trade Opinion By admin|October 16, 2014 |0

oleh Amin Ahmad. Diterbitkan di dalam The Malaysian Insider 17 Oktober 2014 [...]

You will pay for everything

Economy & Trade Governance Opinion By admin|October 14, 2014 |2

by Wan Saiful Wan Jan. First published as “How our money is spent” in The Star 14 October 2014 The Prime M [...]

IDEAS lauds Pakatan’s alternative budget

News Newspaper By admin|October 13, 2014 |0

Newsclip from Malaysiakini regarding IDEAS statement on Pakatan Rakyat’s alternative budget. Click here to view [...]

IDEAS MEDIA STATEMENT: Pakatan Rakyat lauded for showing interest in EITI

News Press Statements By admin|October 10, 2014 |0

IDEAS MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Applause for Pakatan Rakyat for adopting the EITI Kuala Lumpur, 10 October 2014 – IDEAS commends Pakatan Rakyat for advocating the adoption of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative [...]

SMALL GOVT AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT: BIG WISHES FOR BUDGET 2015

Audio News By admin|October 10, 2014 |0

From BFM 89.9 The Breakfast Grille 10 Oct 2014 In this Pre-Budget 2015 Grille, Tricia Yeoh of IDEAS & Azlan Awang of Blindspot discuss fiscal consolidation, key issues like GST, subsidies, wages, disposable income, risk of capital flight, blo [...]