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Poverty is a global phenomenon and has been highlighted as a social problem’s in the world. Poverty has also become one of the social problems in Malaysia. However, since Malaysia government launched the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1970, the poverty rate and incidence decreased over the years. There were many approaches that has been used by the Malaysian government to eradicate poverty, including by the Malaysia Social Welfare Department (MSWD), one of the government agencies in Malaysia. Over the years, the MSWD had given financial assistance to the recipients to curb the poverty issues surrounding them. In 2010, the MSWD took an effort to initiate the Productive Welfare approach to help the financial assistance recipients to increase their income through entrepreneurial activity and to exit the poverty line. The Productive Welfare approach is hope to help the poor to sustain and enhance their social functioning and the quality of life.
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