Report reveals worsening absolute poverty rates due to Covid-19

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Report reveals worsening absolute poverty rates due to Covid-19
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PETALING JAYA: Poverty rates in the country have worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and improvements in absolute poverty reductions in 2019 have reversed, says the Khazanah Research Institute .

“Comparatively, rural households experienced a slight decrease in absolute poverty in that same period,” it said. In total, 107 districts had an incidence of poor households that was higher than the national average. “For Sarawak, while most of its districts showed a higher proportion of households in absolute poverty, there is a notable exception in Bintulu and its neighbouring districts — which showed a lower incidence of poverty.

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