Let’s look at poverty again


Lim Su Lin

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to poverty as there are many factors that contribute to low household incomes. – AFP pic, September 25, 2018.

ONE of the ways poverty is defined and measured in Malaysia is through the poverty line income (PLI), which is an absolute income threshold.


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  • Remember 'Household' was re-defined to mean all persons living in a house...no more is it the 'family' - being the father, mother, children and possibly dependents. When looking at family income, there will usually be 2 income earners at most - the father and mother of the family. The new ' household definition looks at all income owners in the house...may be a house shared by 10 minimum wage workers ..that makes the household income RM10k per month. We need better data about individual and also. Family income...first to appreciate the truth

    Posted 5 years ago by Charles Hector Fernandez