Minimum Income Standards (MIS)

Inequality

Making sense of data: Household income and expenditure, basic needs and inequality

When the lowest income households have higher expenditure than income, what does this imply about inequality and unmet needs? How do we put trends of mobile phone and aircon ownership in perspective? Ng Kok Hoe and Teo You Yenn offer insight into the late

Commentary

How to achieve a basic standard of living for older people in Singapore

SINGAPORE (May 23): Singapore faces the twin challenges of population ageing and income insecurity among some older people. One obstacle to better understanding these issues is that—until now—analysts have not been able to state how much people need f
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