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Think Tank & Research

The research library

Long-form research, briefs and institutional reports — catalogued for citation rather than scrolling.

  • Research paper

    July 2026 · 48 pp

    Fiscal space and the limits of consolidation

    An assessment of federal fiscal headroom under the statutory debt ceiling, with scenario modelling of subsidy retargeting savings against revenue underperformance.

    Dr Farah Nadzri, Dr Wong Kah Meng · Putrajaya Insight Research Desk

  • Policy brief

    July 2026 · 16 pp

    Procurement integrity: what the register can and cannot fix

    A short brief on the design of the federal contract register, the categories still exempt from disclosure and the enforcement gap at agency level.

    Putrajaya Insight Research Desk · Putrajaya Insight

  • White paper

    June 2026 · 72 pp

    Incidence of the national energy transition levy

    Modelled pass-through of the industrial levy to consumer tariffs across three demand scenarios, with distributional effects by household decile.

    Institute for Energy Economics · Institute for Energy Economics

  • Institutional report

    May 2026 · 96 pp

    Statutory bodies and the accountability gap

    A census of federal statutory bodies, their reporting lines and the frequency with which annual reports reach the House within the statutory period.

    Parliamentary Research Service · Parliament of Malaysia

  • Academic analysis

    April 2026 · 34 pp

    Coalition durability under confidence and supply

    Comparative analysis of confidence and supply arrangements in Westminster systems, applied to the current Malaysian parliamentary settlement.

    Prof. Sharifah Rosnah · Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Governance

  • Research paper

    April 2026 · 52 pp

    Means-testing at scale: the household income database

    An examination of data quality, coverage gaps and appeal mechanisms in the consolidated income database underpinning targeted transfers.

    Lim Su Yin · Putrajaya Insight Research Desk