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Oil prices and a struggling budget

Opinion Political Economy and Governance By admin|December 10, 2015 |0

by Tricia Yeoh. First published in The Sun 10 December 2015 The 2016 budget came as a rude shock to some, since there were massive budget cuts in most of the ministries, including the Ministries of Education, Energy, Finance, Urban Wellbeing, Hous [...]

Budget 2016 Analysis

Audio News By admin|October 23, 2015 |0

Budget 2016 Analysis by Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Chief executive of IDEAS and Jagdev Singh, Senior Executive Director, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Taxation Services Sdn Bhd Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen [...]

Press Release: Fiscal consolidation meaningless without commitment to prudence and solving immediate crisis

News Press Statements By admin|October 21, 2015 |0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 October 2015 *** Press Release: Fiscal consolidation meaningless without commitment to prudence and solving immediate crisis 21 October 2015, Kuala Lumpur – The government will table the 2016 Budget on Friday, 23 Oct [...]

ValueCap plan is blinkered and myopic

Economy & Trade Opinion Political Economy and Governance By admin|September 17, 2015 |0

by Wan Fadzrul Wan Bahrum. First published in The Malaysian Insider 17 September 2015 I shall be very frank. The prime minister’s (PM) decision to reactivate ValueCap in view of shoring up the equity market is at best a waste, at worse a dan [...]

Time to charge public officials for negligence

News Newspaper By admin|June 11, 2015 |0

The Malay Mail Online 11 June 2015 [...]

IDEAS Media Statement: Measures for growth or for closed economy?

News Press Statements By admin|January 20, 2015 |0

For immediate release 20 January 2015 Measures for growth or for closed economy? Kuala Lumpur, 20 January 2015 – Certain measures introduced by the Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Najib Razak, to address current economic development and government [...]

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 [...]