A joint study by Khazanah Research Institute and Universiti Malaya found that wealth is increasingly concentrated in the already affluent. This despite official government figures pointing out that inequality in gross household income has been declining. How did the study come to this conclusion? We find out with the study’s co-author Dr. Lee Hwok Aun, senior lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at Universiti Malaya.

A joint study by Khazanah Research Institute and Universiti Malaya found that wealth is increasingly concentrated in the already affluent. This despite official government figures pointing out that inequality in gross household income has been declining. How did the study come to this conclusion? We find out with the study&rsquo;s co-author Dr. Lee Hwok Aun, senior lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at Universiti Malaya.

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