Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges
This report on poverty assessment in Sri Lanka establishes that the development story in Sri Lanka is one of mixed success. The country is on par with middle income countries and Millennium Development Goal timetables for universal primary school e...
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ALCOHOLISM ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DATA SETS DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISADVANTAGED AREAS DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXTERNAL MIGRATION FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD EXPENDITURES GENDER PARITY GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GROWTH ELASTICITY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH CONCENTRATION HIGH GROWTH HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME INCREASE INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERACY RATES LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATURAL DISASTERS NONFARM INCOME NUTRITIONAL STATUS PEACE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR AREAS POOR GAP POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR NUTRITION POOR POPULATION POOR RURAL AREAS POORER DISTRICTS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TRAPS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES RATES OF GROWTH REDUCED POVERTY REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE REMOTE AREAS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFE WATER SANITATION SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKILL LEVEL SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TEACHER SHORTAGES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE UNIONS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN GROWTH URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY VEGETABLES VICIOUS CYCLE VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE PROGRAMS WORKFORCE |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ALCOHOLISM ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DATA SETS DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISADVANTAGED AREAS DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXTERNAL MIGRATION FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD EXPENDITURES GENDER PARITY GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GROWTH ELASTICITY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH CONCENTRATION HIGH GROWTH HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME INCREASE INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERACY RATES LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATURAL DISASTERS NONFARM INCOME NUTRITIONAL STATUS PEACE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR AREAS POOR GAP POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR NUTRITION POOR POPULATION POOR RURAL AREAS POORER DISTRICTS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TRAPS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES RATES OF GROWTH REDUCED POVERTY REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE REMOTE AREAS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFE WATER SANITATION SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKILL LEVEL SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TEACHER SHORTAGES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE UNIONS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN GROWTH URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY VEGETABLES VICIOUS CYCLE VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE PROGRAMS WORKFORCE World Bank Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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This report on poverty assessment in Sri
Lanka establishes that the development story in Sri Lanka is
one of mixed success. The country is on par with middle
income countries and Millennium Development Goal timetables
for universal primary school enrollment, gender parity in
primary and secondary school enrollment, and universal
provision of reproductive health services. At the same time,
consumption income poverty persists and the poor continue to
face basic welfare challenges such as malnutrition. A number
of interrelated constraints prevent access by the poor to
opportunities in more dynamic sectors of the economy. In
poor rural areas and the estates economic and geographic
constraints include inadequate connectivity to markets and
growth centers, lack of electricity and transport facilities
(infrastructure) and poor quality schools (public services).
In poor urban areas constraints include inadequate access to
clean water, electricity, sanitation and quality of housing.
At the household level, the report assesses the cyclical
nature of poverty traps caused by low levels of education,
poor nutrition and underemployment (mostly associated with
the informal sector). Population in the estates, North and
East, and the tsunami-affected coastal areas are more likely
to fall into the poverty trap cycle due to historical
disadvantages or recent events like civil conflict or
natural disasters. The report is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 presents the Sri Lankan economy in an
international context. Chapter 2 focuses on poverty,
inequality and vulnerability. Chapter 3 profiles poor
households and lagging regions. Chapter 4 discusses internal
migration, remittances and urban concentration. Chapter 5
analyzes the human development challenges and the poverty
nexus. Chapter 6 talks about the rural challenge in terms of
raising agricultural productivity and non-farm incomes.
Chapter 7 dissects the social and economic situation in the
conflict-affected areas in the north and east, while Chapter
8 concludes with the an analysis of the poverty traps in the
estates and the way forward. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment |
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Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges |
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sri lanka - poverty assessment : engendering growth with equity, opportunities and challenges |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7372141/sri-lanka-poverty-assessment-engendering-growth-equity-opportunities-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8050 |
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okr-10986-80502021-04-23T14:02:36Z Sri Lanka - Poverty Assessment : Engendering Growth with Equity, Opportunities and Challenges World Bank ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ALCOHOLISM ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CLEAN WATER CONFLICT CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DATA SETS DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISADVANTAGED AREAS DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXTERNAL MIGRATION FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILITY FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD EXPENDITURES GENDER PARITY GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GROWTH ELASTICITY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH CONCENTRATION HIGH GROWTH HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME INCREASE INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERACY RATES LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL NATURAL DISASTERS NONFARM INCOME NUTRITIONAL STATUS PEACE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POOR AREAS POOR GAP POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR NUTRITION POOR POPULATION POOR RURAL AREAS POORER DISTRICTS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY TRAPS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES RATES OF GROWTH REDUCED POVERTY REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REMOTE REMOTE AREAS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFE WATER SANITATION SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-EMPLOYMENT SKILL LEVEL SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE TARGETING TEACHER SHORTAGES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE UNIONS TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN CENTERS URBAN GROWTH URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY VEGETABLES VICIOUS CYCLE VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE PROGRAMS WORKFORCE This report on poverty assessment in Sri Lanka establishes that the development story in Sri Lanka is one of mixed success. The country is on par with middle income countries and Millennium Development Goal timetables for universal primary school enrollment, gender parity in primary and secondary school enrollment, and universal provision of reproductive health services. At the same time, consumption income poverty persists and the poor continue to face basic welfare challenges such as malnutrition. A number of interrelated constraints prevent access by the poor to opportunities in more dynamic sectors of the economy. In poor rural areas and the estates economic and geographic constraints include inadequate connectivity to markets and growth centers, lack of electricity and transport facilities (infrastructure) and poor quality schools (public services). In poor urban areas constraints include inadequate access to clean water, electricity, sanitation and quality of housing. At the household level, the report assesses the cyclical nature of poverty traps caused by low levels of education, poor nutrition and underemployment (mostly associated with the informal sector). Population in the estates, North and East, and the tsunami-affected coastal areas are more likely to fall into the poverty trap cycle due to historical disadvantages or recent events like civil conflict or natural disasters. The report is organized as follows: Chapter 1 presents the Sri Lankan economy in an international context. Chapter 2 focuses on poverty, inequality and vulnerability. Chapter 3 profiles poor households and lagging regions. Chapter 4 discusses internal migration, remittances and urban concentration. Chapter 5 analyzes the human development challenges and the poverty nexus. Chapter 6 talks about the rural challenge in terms of raising agricultural productivity and non-farm incomes. Chapter 7 dissects the social and economic situation in the conflict-affected areas in the north and east, while Chapter 8 concludes with the an analysis of the poverty traps in the estates and the way forward. 2012-06-14T18:17:42Z 2012-06-14T18:17:42Z 2007-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7372141/sri-lanka-poverty-assessment-engendering-growth-equity-opportunities-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8050 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka |