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New Poverty Line - Big Step Forward, But Is It Enough?

New Poverty Line - Big Step Forward, But Is It Enough?

The Breakfast Grille

July 22, 202024m 50s

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Show Notes

After decades of maintaining a National Poverty Line that many criticised was misrepresentative of the true scale of poverty in the country, Malaysia recently made the decision to revise the line to RM2,208.

Philip Alston, a vocal critic of the previous line, commends this as a step forward, but is it enough?

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Government/Regulatory/Policy MakingEconomyMarketsPoliticsNewsCurrent AffairsPovertyPoverty LineMalaysia