Tactics to restrict urban deprivation / Yaasmin Farzana Abdul Karim

Urban deprivation, also known as urban poverty, concerns issues such as unemployment, low educational attainment among city residents due to perceived costliness, high living expenses, and ineffective social services. All these issues, which contribute to and perpetuate poverty in our urban areas, require a holistic approach. Urban poverty is so significant that all stakeholders, including the government, non-governmental organizations, and corporations, must collaborate on emerging interventions to ensure their effectiveness. The figures from the Federal Territories Ministry for the year 2022 show an almost threefold increase in the number of hardcore poor compared to the same period two years ago. According to a report from 2020, the percentage of poverty increased to 8.4% from near zero levels the previous year, due to the prevalence of marginal or extreme poverty among slightly over five percent of the population.