What's the truth about Malaysian poverty? | Newsflash

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia needs to look beyond household income and analyse factors like access to clean water, healthcare, and job opportunities when defining poverty, say experts.

Experts like member of the Yayasan Sejahtera's Board of Trustees Professor Dr Sulochana Nair have raised concerns over the lack of microdata on Malaysia’s poor communities in order to create effective social welfare programmes.