Malaysia needs serious efforts to improve its accountability and transparency

“Malaysia needs serious efforts to improve its accountability and transparency”
Adib Rawi Yahya/theSun
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IN the past, a total (household) income of RM800–RM1,000 could support six people or more. Nowadays, you can barely support three people, and even that is a nightmare ... Malaysia has developed, but the rakyat have been left behind because incomes have not increased.”
These are the popular opinions and beliefs among Malaysians who participated in our 2019 joint World Bank-University of Malaya qualitative study on living standards in Malaysia.
The Kuala Lumpur skyline is emblematic of a modern, rich city, but closer to the ground, a conversation with the Grab car driver tells a different story of how most Malaysians struggle in their daily lives.

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