Corporate Profile

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Corporate Profile

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Introduction

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Malaysia’s only think-tank dedicated to promoting market-based solutions to

public policy challengesAn independent not-for-profit

organisation

A cross-partisan think tankNot bound by party politics, race or religion.

“be for ever a sovereign democratic and independent State founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations”

We are inspired by the vision of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra al-Haj, that this nation should:

The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (“IDEAS”) is…


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Introduction | OUR PHILOSOPHY

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What we believe…

The Rule of LawWe believe in a system of government in which all persons are accountable under the law

Limited GovernmentWe believe the powers of the government must be limited, usually through a written constitution that both enumerates and limits executive power with checks and balances.

Free Markets

We believe that when people are allowed to freely trade and exchange good and services in a mutual and consenting manner, they will not only promote productive efficiency, but even more, foster harmony and peace amongst each other.

Individual Liberty & ResponsibilityWe believe that society should exist within the context of reciprocity, mutual respect, acceptance and personal responsibility.


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Introduction | IDEAS’ BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Founding President

Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz (“Tunku Abidin”)Tunku 'Abidin was educated at the Kuala Lumpur Alice Smith School, Marlborough College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he obtained his BSc in Government and Sociology and MSc in Comparative Politics and Imperial History. He then worked in the Houses of Parliament before moving to Washington DC to join the World Bank as a Public Sector Consultant.

Upon returning to Kuala Lumpur in 2008, Tunku 'Abidin worked at the United Nations Development Programme and the KRA Group before becoming a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore from March 2009 to August 2010. Throughout, he helped to develop the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) which he co-founded in 2006, and maintained his regular columns: Abiding Times in theSun from March 2008 to August 2011, Roaming Beyond the Fence in the Star and Sin Chew from September 2011 to December 2012 and now Conservatively Speaking Freely in the Malay Mail, Borneo Post and Oriental Daily.

A member of the Negeri Sembilan Royal Family, Tunku 'Abidin also authored the official book for the Installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar and led a major project to revitalise the State Anthem. He is a trustee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Yayasan Munarah and Yayasan Chow Kit, is an advisor or patron to several cultural organisations, and is an honorary major in the Malaysian Territorial Army.


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Introduction | IDEAS’ BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONT’D)

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Wan Saiful Wan Jan (“Wan Saiful”)

Wan Saiful Wan Jan is Chief Executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (www.ideas.org.my), which was ranked as the 2012 best new think tank in Asia and 5th best new think tank in the world by University of Pennsylvania's global think tank ranking.

He is also Director of CfBT Education Malaysia; member of the Advisory Board at Laureate INTI University; member of the Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham’s School of Politics, History and International Relations; and member of the Ministry of Education – PEMUDAH Group on Education. Since May 2011, he is the only Malaysian to be a member of the Mont Pelerin Society, an international association of classical liberals founded by Nobel Laureate Friedrich von Hayek.

Previously he served as a member of the Razak School of Government’s Academic Working Group; Director of ASLI Centre for Social Enterprise; and adjunct faculty at UCSI University’s Faculty of Economics and Policy Science.

He lived in the United Kingdom between August 1993 and October 2009. There he worked for several organisations, including the think tank Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit, the British Conservative Party’s Research Department, and Social Enterprise London. His opinion has been quoted by various media, including the BBC, Asian Wall Street Journal, International HeraldTribune, and The Economist.

Founding Chief Executive


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Introduction | IDEAS’ BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONT’D)

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Founding Director

Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Mohd Fuaad (“Firdaus”)

Firdaus, Founding Director of IDEAS, was educated at SRK Sultan Ibrahim Satu Pasir Mas, SRK Sri Subang Jaya and Sek Men Agama Persekutuan Kajang. He then went on to read Law at the University of Nottingham and BPP School of Law. He was previously Special Officer to the Chief Minister of Johor, handling the corporate portfolio which includes Iskandar Regional Development Authority and Johor Corporation.

Currently he is currently a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Malaysia.

He was a national delegate for Nottingham University to the National Union of Students (NUS), national executive member of Federation Of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), Chairman of Kesatuan Penuntut Undang Undang Malaysia UK & Eire (KPUM), and Chairman of UKEC (UK and Eire Council for Malaysian Students) from October 2005 to October 2007. As Chairman of UKEC, he established the first Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS), which has become a major national event. He is also founder of Young Corporate Malaysians and established the annual Young Corporate Malaysians Summit.


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Introduction | IDEAS’ COUNCIL

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Members of the IDEAS CouncilYang Teramat Mulia Tengku Ahmad Nerang Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra

Son of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s founding father and Special Adviser to IDEAS.

Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Haji Abdullah (Chairman)

Consultant with Skrine, Former Chief Justice of Malaysia, Chairman of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Chairman of Tun Suffian Foundation.

Tan Sri Michael Yeoh

Chief Executive Officer of Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI), Member of Malaysian Competition Commission, and Joint Secretary General of the Malaysia China Business Council, and ASEAN Business Forum.


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Introduction | IDEAS’ COUNCIL (CONT’D)

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Members of the IDEAS Council (cont’d)Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohd Munir Abdul Majid

Chairman of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Board of Trustees of PINTAR Foundation, and Malaysia-Europe Forum.

Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Group, Deputy Chairman of CIMB Bank, CIMB Investment Bank and President Commissioner of PT Bank CIMB Niaga.

Dato’ Dr. R. Thillainathan

Board Member of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad, Genting Berhad, Petronas Dagangan Berhad and Allianz Malaysia Berhad.


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Members of the IDEAS Council (cont’d)Datuk Seri Azman Ujang

Former General Manager of BERNAMA, Independent Non-executive Director of Berjaya Media Berhad, Chairman of Creative Republic Sdn Bhd.

Datuk Omar Mustapha

Chairman of Ethos & Company, Independent Non-Executive Director of Petronas and Symphony House Berhad. He also sits on Airasia’s Board of Directors.

Dato’ Dr. Anthony Cooper

Former Senior Partner of PriceWaterhouse Malaysia, Governor of Tinggi Foundation and the A&A Charitable Trust.


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Members of the IDEAS Council (cont’d)Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah

Former Deputy Minister for Higher Education; CEO of Global Movement of the Moderates Foundation, Malaysia.

Yang Berhormat Dato Nur Jazlan Mohamed

Member of Parliament (UMNO) for Pulai, Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, Board Member of UMLand Berhad, TSH Resources Berhad.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa

Member of Parliament (PAS) for Parit Buntar, PAS Central Committee Member.

DEWAN RAKYATPulai

DEWAN RAKYATParit Buntar


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Members of the IDEAS Council (cont’d)Yang Berhormat Dr. Ong Kian Ming

Member of Parliament (DAP) for Serdang, DAP Chief Election Strategist.

DEWAN RAKYATSerdang


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Public Policy UnitsCharitable Units

Introduction | ORGANISATION

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Board of Directors

IDEAS Council

CEOWan Saiful Wan Jan

COOTricia Yeoh

Education Governance Events & Outreach

IDEAS Autism Centre

IDEAS Academy


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Introduction | OUR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

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We are part of the Atlas Network – a global network of free market think tanks

469Partners

Worldwide

Covering

EVERYContinent

Including

EVERYBRICS State

And

EVERYG20 State

North America181Partners

South America81

PartnersAfrica16

Partners

Oceania8

Partners

Eurasia183Partners


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Introduction | OUR REGIONAL NETWORK

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We have friends and partners throughout the region

IDEASKuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Minimal Government ThinkersManila

The PhilippinesHanoiVIETNAM

Bandar Seri BegawanBRUNEI

BangkokTHAILAND

NaypyidawMYANMAR

VientianeLAOS

Phnom PenhCAMBODIA

DiliTIMOR-LESTE

JakartaINDONESIA

SingaporeSINGAPORE

Regional partners

Friedrich Naumann Foundation AsiaFreedom InstituteMinimal Government ThinkersDoi Moi Va Phat Trien

Regional activitiesAkademi Merdeka, an outreach programme which aims to introduce the ideas of civil and economic freedom to the Indonesian public

Briefings on the Malaysian economy in the Philippines

Publishing of the Indonesian translation of Vaclav Klaus’ Blue Planet in Green Shackles.

Joint seminars with Institute of Southeast Asian Studies of Singapore

Freedom Institute

JakartaIndonesia

Doi Moi Va Phat TrienHanoi

Vietnam

ManilaThe Philippines

Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Asia)

BangkokThailand

History & Early Achievements


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20132012201120102007 - 2009

History

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Key milestones 2007 - 2013

July 2007Received a USD10,000 seed fund from Cato Institute

February 2008Published Who Needs An Islamic State by Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi

August 2008Organised first Akademi Merdeka in Malaysia

October 2008Malaysia Think Tank London (“MTT”) was officially launched

2009Advisory Board established

8 February 2010MTT was relaunched as the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)

2010Started Policy Briefing an idea-generation publication targeted at policymakers and the predecessor to our current Policy Ideas.

2011Hosted the “Public-Private Partnership in the School System” conference in association with the Ministry of Education

Hosted the “Economic Freedom and Competition” conference opened by Florence Abad, Secretary of Budget and Finance of the Philippines

Ranked 18th best new think tank globally by the University of Pennsylvania

2012Education initiative launched with the support of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Yaysan Sime Darby

October 2012IDEAS Autism Centre was launched

November 2012Launched the Emerging Market Health Network to promote the liberalisation of the healthcare industry in Malaysia and regionally

Ranked the 11th best new think tank globally

2013Selected by the Election Commission as an independent observer for the 2013 Malaysian General Election

June 2013Adoption of a new strategy: “Making markets work for the poor”

Ranked 5th best new think tank in the world and the best new think tank in Asia

General Strategy: Making Markets Work for the Poor


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General Strategy

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Our goals by 2015

1. To be a respected as a think tank that speaks based on consistent principles in a cross-partisan way

2. Have a strong outreach to Malaysian and ASEAN policy-makers, scholars, university students and young professionals

3. Publicly recognised as an organisation that “makes market work for the poor, underprivileged and the disabled”.

4. Stand on firm financial footing, with reserves sufficient for 9 months of operations, from a mixture of donations, grants and commissioned work

5. Be an expert on education reform and good governance, while playing the role of a generalist think tank promoting market-based ideas


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General Strategy (CONT’D)

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Our goals by 2015 (cont’d)

6. Be a think tank whose political awareness and strong network give us a competitive advantage to effectively lobby for improvements

7. Have clear programmes with respected and recognised “brand” for all strands of work

8. Have an effective and strong team with clear descriptions of responsibilities and accountabilities

9. Be an organisation that supports the professional development of its staff

10. Be an organisation that has a strong and professional internal governance system


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We have organised our operations into four focused units which share a single focus

Education Governance IDEAS Autism CentreEvents & Outreach

Researches and advocates for greater choice, competition and accountability in the school system.

Its focus and interest is in ensuring that the poor, underprivileged and the disabled are not left out as our country moves forward.

Publishes policy papers, newspaper articles and political briefings that highlight pertinent issues and propose policies for better governance.

Focuses on public spending, management of GLCs, democratic institutions, and decentralization.

The IAC offers an early intervention programme for autistic children from poor families. To help working parents, and to encourage parents to stay in employment.

It also provides research data on the application of the social enterprise model in Malaysia.

MAKING MARKETS WORK FOR THE POOR

Engages Malaysian and regional policy-makers, scholars, university students and young professionals to inform and educate them on the application of market-based solutions.

Akademi Merdeka is a project under the Events & Outreach Unit to introduce the ideas of civil liberties and market economics among youths in Indonesia and Malaysia

Mainly operates in Malaysia and Indonesia, with ambitions of reaching into other ASEAN countries.


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IDEAS Autism Centre

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What is autism?

A severely incapacitating lifelong developmental disorder and the third most common developmental disorder, more common than Down’s Syndrome.

It causes impairment or disturbance in three main areas:1. Social skills;2. Communicative skills; and 3. Repetitive and restricted behaviors.

The disorder may occur alone, or with accompanying problems such as mental retardation or seizures.


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IDEAS Autism Centre (Cont’d)

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The IDEAS Autism Centre

In October 2012, the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) took the initiative to set up the IDEAS Autism Centre in Rawang, Selangor, as part of our effort to provide care for those in need, and at the same time to research and develop a sustainable social enterprise model that can be replicated to help underprivileged children. The IAC is registered with the Department for Social Welfare (reg no: B/TI 151/2012)

IDEAS Autism Centre targets children who:

Are aged between 3 and 9

years old

Have been diagnosed with

early stage autism

Have care needs that are within our capabilities

From low-income urban

households


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Selected publications in 2013

July 2013Private Education

for the Poor?

February 2013Escaping ‘Middle Class Capture’ in Education Policy

November 2013The Hardware and

Software to Overcome a

Middle-Income Trap

October 2013Key Failings in the Malaysian Public

Procurement System

August 2013After GE13:

Strengthening Democracy in

Malaysia

February 2013Fake Medicines in

Asia

AnnualEconomic Freedom of the World Index

2013

AnnualInternational

Property Rights Index2013

January 2013Malay translation

of Friedrich Hayek’s

The Road to Serfdom

January 2013Free Trade and

Markets in Healthcare:

Lessons from Asia

May 2013Was GE13 Free and

Fair?

January 2013The Monarchy and The Constitution in

Malaysia byProf. Abdul Aziz

Bari


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Selected events in 2013

November 2013Economic Freedom

Workshop – Assessing

Liberalisation in Malaysia

September 2013IKMAS-CIJ Seminar: The Role of Media in Future Elections

November 2013Launch of Phoenix

Economics by IDEAS Fellow Dr. Carmelo Ferlito

November 2013DISKUSI BAJET

2014: “Apa Tindakan Rakyat?”

November 20135th Annual Young

Corporate Malaysians Summit

September 2013MCCHR/LoyarBurok fundraiser talk in conjunction with Malaysia Day`

January 2013ICAAM State of the

Nation Dialogue Series

September 2013The State of

Democracy and the Economy in

MalaysiaMakati, Philippines

April 2013Affin Investment

Conference Series

September 2013Akademi Merdeka

in Jakarta, Indonesia

October 2013Emerging Markets

Health Network Roundtable,

Bangkok

October 2013EFN Asia

Conference, Bangkok


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Finances (CONT’D)

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We have been funded by the following institutions

TINGGIFOUNDATION

A&ACHARITABLE TRUST

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