Reforming Malaysia's Government Finances

The case for a reformist budget 2023

By: Ramesh Chander, Murray Hunter, and Lim Teck Ghee

Last year’s Malaysian budget, which could only be characterized as racially contorted and politically driven, served neither the short- nor long-term needs of the nation, which has spent the better part of the past two decades in deficit and paying no attention to the revenue side. Now that an ostensib…