Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-13-2020
Abstract
Amid the outbreak of Covid-19, the Malaysian government under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced two different economic stimulus packages.The first one is a total of RM250 billion ($57 billion) on March 27 2020 (ASEAN Briefing, 2020a) and the second is a stimulus package of RM10 billion ($2.3 billion) on April 6 2020 (ASEAN Briefing, 2020b). The Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus program (PRIHATIN) broadly aims to provide social support in the form of cash incentives for marginalised households (MOF, 2020).
Keywords
Social assistance support, COVID-19, Malaysia
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Publication Title
Strengthening Human Right and Peace Research in ASEAN/Southeast Asia (SHAPE-SEA)
Publisher
Strengthening Human Right and Peace Research in ASEAN/Southeast Asia (SHAPE-SEA)