Measuring Poverty in Malaysia: Applications of Distributive-Sensitive Poverty Indices
This paper represents an attempt to seek a better way to measure poverty in Malaysia. Many studies, including government published figures employ the head-count ratio as the index of poverty. However; this measure is a narrow measure of poverty. Specifically, it ignores the distribution of income am...
| Published in: | Malaysian Management Journal |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UUM Press
2004-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/mmj/article/view/8752 |