Why teaching the poor to 'fish' in Malaysia is problematic and does not address the root cause of poverty

The Malaysian government recently allocated RM750 million (US$ 173,872,684) to implement the People's Income Initiative (IPR), a program aimed at helping 130,000 hardcore poor Malaysians (defined as those whole household income is RM1,169 a month or less), under the 2023 budget.  The goal is to help these families stand on…

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