Social protection for the ageing population in Malaysia / Mary Magdaline Pereira

• Main Author: Pereira, Mary Magdaline
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak 2006
• Subjects: Social systems; Social institutions; Older people. Gerontology (Social aspects); Research
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74676/1/74676.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74676/

This paper analyses social protection provided by the Malaysian government for the elderly in a country that boasts of annual growth rates as high as 9% and poverty rates as low as 5.5%. This includes the provision of old age pensions, mandatory retirement savings, healthcare and poverty-alleviation...