Poverty measurement in Malaysia : a survey of the literature

• Main Authors: Mohamed Saladin Abdul Rasool, Mohd Fauzi Mohd Harun, Ariffin Mohd Salleh, Noraini Idris
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1894/1/jademik-81-07-lock.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1894/; http://www.ukm.my/~penerbit/akademika/jademik-contents.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The elimination of widespread poverty and ever growing income inequality are at the core of all development problems and in fact, for many people define the principal objective of development policy. Poverty and inequality need to be measured more precisely to provide a meaningful understanding of h...