Small businesses, the poor need more aid, World Bank says


Sheridan Mahavera

The World Bank says B40 households should continue to get government assistance in the coming months as the country gradually recovers from the Covid-19 crisis. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 25, 2020.

MALAYSIA needs to disburse more aid to low-income groups and small businesses to sustain its economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, said the World Bank.

The bank’s officials, discussing how the country can weather the storm, said this is in addition to the RM295 billion that the government has allocated in four stimulus packages this year.


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