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

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