Multidimensional poverty measurement at Malaysian Zakat Institutions: monetary and non-monetary indicators / Arifin Md Salleh ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Md Salleh, Arifin, Abdul Rasool, Mohamed Saladin, Mohd Harun, Mohd Fauzi, Ahmad, Sanep
• Format: Research Reports
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Alms (Zakat); Malaysia; Poor. Poverty
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41781/1/41781.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41781/

In practice, zakat institutions in Malaysia use the monetary approach in measuring poverty through the conventional Poverty Line Income (PLI) and Had al Kifayah (necessities of a household) methods. PLI is set by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister Department wheras each zakat ins...