Review on UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Poverty in Malaysia, 6 September 2019

KITA-UKM hosted an academic discussion on September 6, 2019 at 3 to 5 pm at the KITA-UKM conference room to review the UN Special Rapporteur’s report on poverty in Malaysia. About 12 academics from UKM participated including former UKM VC Prof. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Azlan Ghazali, former LESTARI Prof. Dr. Chamhuri Siwar, KITA-UKM Prof. Dr. Ong Puay Liu and Commact Chairman Datuk Yusof Kassim. The discussion was moderated by KITA Principal Fellow Prof. Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria. It was a fruitful discussion especially in discussing measurements such as poverty line, multidimensional poverty and addressing different levels of poverty such as B10, B20, and B30 more effectively.