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Poverty Measured More Accurately Now

Poverty Measured More Accurately Now

Morning Brief

July 14, 202010m 57s

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Show Notes

Malaysia has raised the poverty line income (PLI) from RM980 to RM2,208, meaning the number of households considered poor has increased from about 25,000 to 400,000. Hawati Abdul Hamid, Senior Research Associate, Khazanah Research Institute makes sense of these numbers and what it means for policymakers.

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Government/Regulatory/Policy MakingPoliticsNewsCurrent Affairspoverty linePILMalaysia