Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s

It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development and...

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Main Authors:	Simler, Kenneth, Ali Ahmad, Zainab
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/965601634114391721/Multidimensional-Poverty-in-Malaysia-Improving-Measurement-and-Policies-in-the-2020s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36392

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spelling	okr-10986-363922021-10-19T14:21:42Z Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s Simler, Kenneth Ali Ahmad, Zainab POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development and use of quantitative measures of multidimensional poverty. This paper analyzes the construction and use of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Malaysia, which the Malaysian government introduced in its national development plan for 2015–2020. It examines avenues for improving the relevance of the MPI in policy discourse by setting deprivation thresholds of the various MPI dimensions (health, education, living conditions, income) at levels more appropriate for an upper-middle-income country such as Malaysia. Recent national survey data are used to estimate the quantitative impact of incrementally adjusting the thresholds of indicators in the current MPI. The potential for new indicators is also explored, drawing from the MPIs used in other middle- and high-income countries. The role of the MPI for informing and monitoring anti-poverty policies is discussed, focusing on unpacking the dimensions of poverty embedded in the MPI, so that policies are better matched to the deprivations observed. 2021-10-14T15:23:27Z 2021-10-14T15:23:27Z 2021-06-30 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/965601634114391721/Multidimensional-Poverty-in-Malaysia-Improving-Measurement-and-Policies-in-the-2020s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36392 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study East Asia and Pacific Malaysia
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description	It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development and use of quantitative measures of multidimensional poverty. This paper analyzes the construction and use of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Malaysia, which the Malaysian government introduced in its national development plan for 2015–2020. It examines avenues for improving the relevance of the MPI in policy discourse by setting deprivation thresholds of the various MPI dimensions (health, education, living conditions, income) at levels more appropriate for an upper-middle-income country such as Malaysia. Recent national survey data are used to estimate the quantitative impact of incrementally adjusting the thresholds of indicators in the current MPI. The potential for new indicators is also explored, drawing from the MPIs used in other middle- and high-income countries. The role of the MPI for informing and monitoring anti-poverty policies is discussed, focusing on unpacking the dimensions of poverty embedded in the MPI, so that policies are better matched to the deprivations observed.
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author	Simler, Kenneth Ali Ahmad, Zainab
author_facet	Simler, Kenneth Ali Ahmad, Zainab
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title	Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
title_short	Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
title_full	Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
title_fullStr	Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
title_full_unstemmed	Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s
title_sort	multidimensional poverty in malaysia : improving measurement and policies in the 2020s
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/965601634114391721/Multidimensional-Poverty-in-Malaysia-Improving-Measurement-and-Policies-in-the-2020s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36392
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Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s

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