Malaysia’s current inflationary pressures, price hikes temporary — Ideas
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) believes that the inflationary pressures and price hikes that Malaysia is currently...
Ideas: MACC Reforms needed to tackle Malaysia’s low corruption index score
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia needs to make necessary reforms and changes, among others, in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to tackle Malaysia’s currently...
Groups urge govt to address psychological, emotional fallout from pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns were hard on Malaysians in different ways. Isolation, joblessness,...
IDEAS: Targeted approaches work better at this stage of Covid-19 outbreak
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) believes a targeted approach works better at this stage of the Covid-19...
Economist: Differences, divergence in Covid-19 responses determine future economic performance
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The differences and divergence in Covid-19 responses are testaments to governance and state capacity in public health as well as...
MAH calls for an integrated system for tourism industry
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has urged the government to consider establishing a unified system that supports the tourism...
Permai: Vital to avoid excluding people for the wrong reason – IDEAS
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Malaysian Economic and Rakyat Protection Assistance Package (Permai) is an extension of the existing framework support measures that have...
Malaysia needs structural reforms to prevent brain drain
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia’s long-awaited mission to join the coveted developed nations club seems to have been further derailed. The country’s brain drain...
Consumers may postpone purchasing non-essential big-ticket items, says think tank
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Malaysia may be looking at a “new normal” trend moving forward, whereby consumers put off or postpone purchasing big-ticket items...