poverty rate
DOSM: Poverty rate trends down
It is down from 8.2pct to 6.2pct of the population.
2 years ago
Drop in number of hardcore poor over last six months
It declined from 304,911 to 299,080.
Bernama
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2 years ago
580k households slip into B40, absolute poverty rate rises to 8.4pct - PM
This is caused by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
4 years ago
LETTER | Stop academic arguments and address poverty now
The govt should immediately reach out to the large section of our society who has been left out from social programmes all this while.
A Sivarajan
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5 years ago
Govt rebuts ex-UN rep, will announce new poverty rate based on 2019 methodology
UPDATED 12.45PM | The latest poverty rate will be announced soon, says a minister.
Kow Gah Chie
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5 years ago
Let's eradicate poverty without looking at race - Daim
The former finance minister echoes Anwar's call for a needs-based approach to helping the poor.
5 years ago
Anwar urges lawmakers to bring up poverty in Budget 2020 debates
The PKR president calls for a review of the national poverty rate and the poverty line.
M Fakhrull Halim & Annabelle Lee
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6 years ago
Anwar: I see poor in almost every village, settlement
PKR president agrees with UN man, says actual poverty rate very likely to be higher than 0.4 percent.
Bernama
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6 years ago
