EXISTING CHALLENGES

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LOCALISING THE MDGs IMPROVING EQUITY IN SARAWAK
EXISTING CHALLENGES STRATEGIES TO ERADICATE
POVERTY
By SYED NASIR SYED AHMAD PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR ECONOMIC PLANNING UNIT PRIME MINITER
DEPARTMENT PUTRAJAYA 07 September 2006
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The Ninth Malaysia Plan, 2006-2010

• Strengthening National Unity

• The 9th MP Setting the foundation for second
  phase towards Vision 2020
• Introduce the National Mission with 5 Key Thrusts

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Five Key Thrusts
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• PERFORMANCE AND
• PROGRESS IN POVERTY ERADICATION SARAWAK

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Malaysia Major Success to Eradicate Poverty . . .
( total households)
Note Based on Methodology 2005
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Sarawak Major Success to Eradicate Poverty .
( total households)
Note Based on Methodology 2005
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• Poverty in Sarawak, 2004

Source HIS, 2004
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Mean Monthly Gross Household Income, 1999 2004
Source HIS, 2004
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• POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES

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POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES UNDER OPP1
(1971-1990)

• Goal Poverty eradication irrespective of race
• Key Strategies
• Provision of basic social infrastructure
  particularly education, health and basic services
  such as roads, water supply and electricity
• Increase productivity and income through
  integrated agriculture development (in-situ) and
  new land development
• Increasing opportunities for inter-sectoral
  movements from low to higher productivity
  activities

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POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES UNDER OPP2
(1991-2000)

• Introduction of new dimension hardcore poverty
• Key Strategies
• Continue OPP1 strategies in providing both social
  and physical infrastructures for access in
  education, health, product market and employment
  mobility (rural urbanization)
• Introduction of special hard-core poverty
  programmes to increase standard of living with
  the provision of decent housing, child nutrition
  and maternity health
• Micro credit scheme for the hardcore poor to be
  involved in income generating activities

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POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES UNDER OPP2
(1991-2000)..cont

• Continue to encourage commercial agriculture
  activities and supplemented with related non farm
  income activities
• Tackling abandoned land through group-based
  commercial agriculture activities and supported
  by Integrated Agriculture Development Projects
• Combining effort between government and
  plantation sector to improve standard of living
  among estate workers

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POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES UNDER OPP3
(2001-2010)

• Eighth Msia Plan (2001-2005)
• Ninth Msia Plan (2006-2010)
• New Dimensions
• - Target specific to address pockets of
  poverty (remote areas, indigenous minorities,
  urban poor)

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OVERALL POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGIES UNDER THE
NATIONAL MISSION AND 9MP (2006-2010)

• Focused on human resource development and quality
  of life improvements
• Emphasize income-generating projects
• Intensified human capital development through
  educational and training programmes
• Rural development
• - Land agriculture development
• - economic development such as aquaculture
  project
• - Marketing channels, credit micro assistance
• - Infrastructure/rural roads, electricity, etc
• Others
• - Health care, scholarship, text books, food
  supplements, low- cost housing
• - to promote private sectors NGOs to play role
  in complementary poverty eradication

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• THANK YOU

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• POVERTY LINE INCOME