8 February 2021
63% of heads of households living in Kuala Lumpur low-cost flats said in Dec 2020 that they had difficulties meeting essential expenses, 57% couldn’t buy enough food, and 56% couldn’t pay bills on time.
Tag: poverty
6 July 2020
Government cash handouts to the bottom 40 per cent (B40) are too small to make a real difference, says Philip Alston, a former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
12 September 2019
Diseases associated with poverty account for 45% of the global disease burden in the poorest countries.
6 September 2019
They told the government to set realistic poverty measures based on Malaysia’s development as an upper middle income country.
2 September 2019
When families are smaller, there are less dependents for each family to take care of.
26 August 2019
The poverty of our people is our national shame.
23 August 2019
The Ministry of Economic Affairs finds UN Special Rapporteur's comments "wholly unacceptable and irresponsible."
23 August 2019
Most are from lower income families.
15 April 2019
Students should not have to miss school because of their periods.
26 March 2019
Malaysia has succeeded in reducing its incidence of poverty from 5.5% in year 2000 to 0.4 % in 2018 (Department of Statistics Malaysia 2018). While it has done remarkably well in reducing poverty, narrowing inequality and uplifting the standard of living of its citizens, there are emerging areas of concern that require urgent attention, particularly … Continue reading Escaping the Poverty-Nutrition Trap – Dr. Madeline Berma