Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
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 grow...
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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 |
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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 Newhouse, David Locke Suarez Becerra, Pablo Doan, Dung Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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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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Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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sri lanka poverty and welfare : recent progress and remaining challenges |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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okr-10986-237942021-05-25T10:54:41Z Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare : Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges Newhouse, David Locke Suarez Becerra, Pablo Doan, Dung 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 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. 2016-03-01T21:57:37Z 2016-03-01T21:57:37Z 2016-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25918944/sri-lanka-poverty-welfare-recent-progress-remaining-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23794 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka |