Three weeks after the tabling of Budget 2026, the dust is settling and it’s time to assess how well Malaysia’s fiscal priorities align with the 13th Malaysia Plan, as this is the first under the 5-year plan. Budgets are not just about numbers; they reveal what a country values, and who it chooses to protect. What does Budget 2026 reveal about Malaysia's priorities? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Dr Amjad Rabi, Social Security Economist with Universiti Malaya’s Social Wellbeing Research Centre; and Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid, Research Fellow at UKM’s Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) and World Inequality Lab Fellow at the Paris School of Economics.
