Title: Let’s work together on war on poverty
Author: Johan Jaffar
Publication information: NST 2nd Feb 2008

Summary

Malaysian government seems to be concerned about poverty in Malaysia. Prime Minister assured that poverty would reduce to zero by year 2010, this sound good it seems difficult. The gap between the have and have not is huge; there are people who just manage a daily wages of RM 14 which is just a snake or a pack or tow of cigarette for others. There are folks such as celebrities, sportsperson and businessmen/businesswomen who enjoy luxury that others can only dream of, poor are just trying hard to make enough to cover their very basic needs. There are number of organizations working toward reducing poverty but they are not as successful due to logistical problems.
The Gini coefficient indicates that Malaysian inequality of wealth distribution grew from 0.4443 in 2000 to 0.461 in 2002, EU countries showed Gini coefficient of 0.2 and 0.36, whereas in US it was......

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Title: Artical Review
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