From poverty reduction to poverty relief: impact of non-farm income in Integrated Agriculture Development Area (IADA) Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Eradication of poverty is the main agenda of the country since independence (1957) and a main thrust of the New Economic Policy (NEP) when it was introduced in 1970. As a result, Malaysia has been able to achieve the goal of reducing poverty, from 52.4% in 1970 to 1.7% in the year 2012. This study...
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
2015
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8886/1/4ok.geografia-jan15-nordiana-edam.pdf |