Ideas Ranked World's 13th Best New Think Tank

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) was ranked as the world's 13th best new think tank, up from 18th last year, by the University of Pennsylvania's Global Think Tanks Ranking. In a statement issued Saturday, IDEAS said the global study, which examined 6,545 think tanks from 182 countries, was released at the United Nations, New York, on Jan 18. "For such a young organisation, being recognised once again in this prestigious global ranking is a brilliant culmination of the hard work put in by our team. "My team and I will continue working hard to make our economy more open and our democracy more vibrant. We hope we will achieve more this year," said IDEAS founder president Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz. IDEAS, which was officially launched on Feb 8, 2010, is Malaysia's first independent free market think tank dedicated to promoting rule of law, limited government, free markets and individual liberty. -- BERNAMA