Poverty eradication project in Sabah, Malaysia: new initiative, new challenges?

• Main Authors: Jalihah Md Shah, Rosazman Hussin, Asmady Idris
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysia Institute of Planners 2023
• Subjects: HC94-1085 By region or country; HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38090/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38090/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38090/; https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v21i30.1415
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Since independence, the Malaysian government has invested billions of ringgits in the fight against poverty. Despite the national decrease in the percentage of the population living in poverty, the state of Sabah has had the highest poverty rate in Malaysia since 1997. Why has the poverty alleviatio...