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Absolute poverty increased from 2019 to 2022, especially among urban households, rising to 4.5 per cent in 2022 from 3.8 per cent in 2019, according to a Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) report.

A recent report by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI), ‘The Financialisation of Our Lives: Values and Trade-offs,’ helps to shed light on how financial systems, which were initially designed to fuel economic growth, are now fuelling household debt. With the proliferation of financial schemes like Buy Now Pay Later, how do modern financial practices affect our daily lives and long-term financial health? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Suraya Ismail, Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute, and Shereen Hazirah Hishamudin Senior Research Associate at KRI.

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