Understanding poverty reduction in Sri Lanka : evidence from 2002 to 2012/13 (English)

This paper quantifies the contributions to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2012/13.The methods adopted for the analysis generate entire counterfactual distributions to account for the contributions of demographics, labor, and non-labor incomes in explaining poverty reduction. The findings show that the most important contributor to poverty reduction was growth in labor income, stemming from an increase in the returns to salaried...

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Ceriani,Lidia;

Inchauste,Gabriela;

Olivieri,Sergio Daniel;
Document Date
2015/10/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
125423
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2018/04/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Understanding poverty reduction in Sri Lanka : evidence from 2002 to 2012/13
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Ceriani,Lidia; Inchauste,Gabriela; Olivieri,Sergio Daniel.

Understanding poverty reduction in Sri Lanka : evidence from 2002 to 2012/13 (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 044 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/813811524140585826

Understanding poverty reduction in Sri Lanka : evidence from 2002 to 2012/13 (English)

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