After decades of maintaining a national poverty line that many criticised was unrepresentative of the true scale of poverty in the country, Malaysia recently made the decision to revise the line to RM2,208.
BFM speaks to former UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston, a vocal critic of the previous line, who commends this as a step forward – but is it enough?
Produced and presented by Roshan Kanesan
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Galakkan pembangunan saksama, lestari serta tangani krisis alam sekitar
Raikan kerencaman dan keterangkuman
Selamatkan demokrasi dan angkatkan keluhuran undang-undang
Lawan rasuah dan kronisme
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