Najib cited data from the statistics department (DOSM) to show the increase in the Gini coefficient during PH’s time in government. theSun thesundaily Najib DOSM PakatanHarapan
has hit back at criticisms over his statement that income inequality had widened under the Pakatan Harapan administration.
Najib cited data from the statistics department to show the increase in the Gini coefficient during PH’s time in government.Najib was responding to allegations that he made false claims on the matter as World Bank statistics only provided data up until 2015.“As you can see, Malaysia’s Gini coefficient experienced its sharpest drop in history during my time as prime minister, dropping from 44.1 to 39.9,” he said.
He said that during his administration, B40 and M40 household income experienced higher yearly growth compared to T20 due to the policies introduced at the time and the expansion of various programmes for jobs and small businesses.
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