Comment: Taking poverty seriously can promote shared prosperity


The Special Rapporteur visiting an indigenous community in Sarawak. — Photo by Bassam Khawaja

THE Federal Government looks likely to revise its official poverty line to eliminate the false impression that poverty doesn’t exist in Malaysia. This is a momentous and laudable step and it clears the way for a constructive debate over the best policies to improve the lives of the millions currently living in

poverty.

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