Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings

To rejuvenate the slow poverty alleviation process in Sri Lanka, the first step would be to better understand the geographical distribution of poverty, which in turn would require estimating poverty at a level of disaggregation lower than the district level. This policy note summarizes results and e...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE ANTI-POVERTY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ESTIMATION METHOD ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY GDP GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEAD COUNT RATIO HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE IRRIGATION LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINT ESTIMATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY STUDY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS STANDARD DEVIATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE PEOPLE
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spelling	okr-10986-84852021-04-23T14:02:39Z Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings World Bank ACCESS TO SERVICES AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE ANTI-POVERTY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ESTIMATION METHOD ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY GDP GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEAD COUNT RATIO HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE IRRIGATION LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINT ESTIMATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY STUDY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS STANDARD DEVIATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE PEOPLE To rejuvenate the slow poverty alleviation process in Sri Lanka, the first step would be to better understand the geographical distribution of poverty, which in turn would require estimating poverty at a level of disaggregation lower than the district level. This policy note summarizes results and experience of a poverty mapping exercise in Sri Lanka that has been conducted in close collaboration with the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) since 2003. The results of poverty mapping successfully indicate where pockets of severe poverty remain in Sri Lanka, and provide interesting insights-poverty measured as a percentage of population is higher in remote areas, while the absolute number of the poor is larger in urban areas. Also, preliminary results drawn from a map with very high resolution indicate that there are some pockets of poverty even in Colombo District-the growth center of the country. The aim of this report is threefold. First, the report demonstrates that the poverty mapping method developed by Elbers at al (2003) is a useful tool to illustrate the spatial heterogeneity in poverty incidence in Sri Lanka at different levels of resolution (section 2). Second, it highlights the importance of capacity building in ensuring the sustainability of the poverty mapping work (section 3). Third, it discusses new observations regarding the statistical properties of the methodology (section 4). 2012-06-19T20:33:10Z 2012-06-19T20:33:10Z 2005-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6682312/poverty-map-sri-lanka-lessons-findings-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8485 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 Asia South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE ANTI-POVERTY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ESTIMATION METHOD ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY GDP GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEAD COUNT RATIO HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE IRRIGATION LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINT ESTIMATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY STUDY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS STANDARD DEVIATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE PEOPLE
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE ANTI-POVERTY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ESTIMATION METHOD ESTIMATION RESULTS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY GDP GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING GROWTH PERFORMANCE HEAD COUNT RATIO HEADCOUNT INDEX HEADCOUNT RATIO HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCOME LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE IRRIGATION LIVELIHOOD LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINT ESTIMATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY STUDY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS STANDARD DEVIATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE PEOPLE World Bank Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
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description	To rejuvenate the slow poverty alleviation process in Sri Lanka, the first step would be to better understand the geographical distribution of poverty, which in turn would require estimating poverty at a level of disaggregation lower than the district level. This policy note summarizes results and experience of a poverty mapping exercise in Sri Lanka that has been conducted in close collaboration with the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) since 2003. The results of poverty mapping successfully indicate where pockets of severe poverty remain in Sri Lanka, and provide interesting insights-poverty measured as a percentage of population is higher in remote areas, while the absolute number of the poor is larger in urban areas. Also, preliminary results drawn from a map with very high resolution indicate that there are some pockets of poverty even in Colombo District-the growth center of the country. The aim of this report is threefold. First, the report demonstrates that the poverty mapping method developed by Elbers at al (2003) is a useful tool to illustrate the spatial heterogeneity in poverty incidence in Sri Lanka at different levels of resolution (section 2). Second, it highlights the importance of capacity building in ensuring the sustainability of the poverty mapping work (section 3). Third, it discusses new observations regarding the statistical properties of the methodology (section 4).
format	Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment
author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
author_sort	World Bank
title	Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
title_short	Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
title_full	Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
title_fullStr	Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
title_full_unstemmed	Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings
title_sort	policy note : a poverty map for sri lanka—lessons and findings
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6682312/poverty-map-sri-lanka-lessons-findings-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8485
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Policy Note : A Poverty Map for Sri Lanka—Lessons and Findings

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