KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has received the thumbs up from the United Nations (UN) for making good strides in reducing poverty.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, said between 1995 and 2012, the incidence of aggregate Malaysian poverty was reduced from 8.9% to 1.7% and urban poverty reduced from 3.7% to 1.0%.
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