Consider This: Social Assistance Programmes - Breadth vs Depth?
Should social assistance be spread out to all the B40? Or should we focus social assistance on those who needed it the most? Melisa Idris takes a closer look at whether breadth is better than depth in social assistance programmes. She speaks to Calvin Cheng, Researcher on Economics, Trade and Regional Integration at ISIS Malaysia, and Dr Kenneth Simler, Senior Economist at the World Bank Global Knowledge and Research Hub.