Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare
Analysis of Sri Lanka’s recent progress
in reducing poverty and inequality is directly relevant to
the new government’s development agenda. The newly sworn-in
president ran for election on a platform that featured,
among other goals, inclusive growth and support to the
agricultural sector. The pursuit of these and other goals of
the new administration can be informed by a fuller
understanding of recent developments in household living
standards across the country. Yet the World Bank’s most
recent poverty assessment in Sri Lanka, covering the period
from 1990 to 2002, was published a decade ago. Since then,
domestic economic growth, the end of the civil conflict and
fluctuations in global markets has led to substantial
changes in Sri Lanka’s economic environment. To inform the
new government’s development policies, this report examines
five topics related to recent developments in poverty and
welfare. Sections two through five of the report focus on:
(i) trends in poverty, welfare, and inequality since 2002,
(ii) labor market outcomes associated with the observed
reduction in poverty, (iii) four potential causes of this
poverty reduction, (iv) the state of poverty and inequality
in 2012/13, and (v) the role of social protection in
reducing poverty. Section six concludes by pointing out
future implications and remaining knowledge gaps to continue
to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This
analysis draws mainly on data from the 2002, 2006-07,
2009-10, and 2012-13 rounds of the Household Income and
Expenditure Survey, supplemented by annual rounds of the
labor force survey from 2002 to 2012. Since the surveys
could not be conducted in parts of the Northern and Eastern
provinces before 2011 due to the civil conflict, their
geographical coverage varies from year to year. To ensure
comparability, all historical trends presented in this
report correspond to the same geographic area. With the
exception of figures that are based solely on 2012-13 data,
the figures exclude Northern and Eastern provinces, which
account for about 12.9 percent of the total population. A
more detailed description of the data is provided in
appendix one.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Newhouse, David Locke,
Suarez Becerra, Pablo,
Doan, Dung |
Format: | Report
biblioteca
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Language: | English en_US |
Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2016-01
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Subjects: | SANITATION,
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION,
POOR ADULTS,
POVERTY POVERTY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
HOUSEHOLD SIZE,
POVERTY LINE,
IMPACT ON POVERTY,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
OLD AGE,
GLOBAL MARKETS,
FOOD CONSUMPTION,
INCOME,
POVERTY ESTIMATES,
POVERTY RATES,
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE,
COUNTERFACTUAL,
NUTRITION OUTCOMES,
FEMALE PARTICIPATION,
NATIONAL POVERTY,
POOR PEOPLE,
EXTREME POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY GAP INDEX,
INEQUALITY REDUCTION,
FARM HOUSEHOLDS,
FARM INCOME,
RURAL POVERTY RATE,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE,
RURAL POOR,
CONFLICT,
MEASURES,
RURAL SECTORS,
SAFETY NETS,
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
AGRICULTURAL WAGE,
SAVINGS,
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS,
POOR FAMILIES,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
POOR HOUSEHOLD,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD – AGE,
POVERTY GAP,
INCOME INEQUALITY,
POVERTY INCIDENCE,
POOR CHILDREN,
TRANSFERS,
INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE,
AGRICULTURAL WAGES,
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
FOOD EXPENDITURES,
CALORIE INTAKE,
ECONOMIC POLICIES,
WELFARE INDICATORS,
FARMERS,
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE,
POVERTY MAP,
HOUSEHOLD HEADS,
POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX,
FOOD ITEMS,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
POVERTY LINES,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
FARMLAND,
RURAL COUNTERPARTS,
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS,
RURAL SECTOR,
HIGHER INEQUALITY,
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT,
RURAL POVERTY,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR,
FOOD EXPENDITURE,
EMPLOYMENT STATUS,
AGRICULTURAL LAND,
RURAL,
FARM WORK,
NUTRITION,
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET,
ACCESS TO MARKETS,
PUBLIC WORKS,
TRANSFERS IN KIND,
POVERTY SEVERITY,
TRANSFER PROGRAMS,
PRIVATE TRANSFERS,
SCHOOL FEEDING,
INSURANCE,
TARGETING,
POVERTY INDICATORS,
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS,
POVERTY SITUATION,
EXTREME POVERTY,
ACCESS TO SERVICES,
POVERTY,
RURAL AREAS,
CLEAN WATER,
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY,
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION,
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION,
POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH,
SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION,
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE,
POOR,
POVERTY ASSESSMENT,
FOOD PRICES,
REMOTE AREAS,
POVERTY ANALYSIS,
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS,
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME,
INEQUALITY,
POOR HOUSEHOLDS, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25918944/sri-lanka-poverty-welfare-recent-progress-remaining-challenges
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23794
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