Exploring the drivers of poverty line income in Malaysia / Nurhani Elisya Zainal ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Zainal, Nurhani Elisya, Salleh, Siti Aishah, Hasnorrul Hadi, Nurrul Adilah, Roslan, Nurul Izzaty Syazwani, Abd Aziz, Amirul Hakim, Ahmad Fadzil, Ahmad Syahmi
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kedah 2023
• Subjects: Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product; Poor. Poverty
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78693/1/78693.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78693/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Back in 1977, Malaysia was a largely agrarian lowermiddle- income country, with a monthly gross national income (GNI) per capita of 200 Malaysian ringgit (MYR) at the time. That was the year that Malaysia set its first official monetary poverty line, estimating that a household required the equivale...