Monetary Poverty Estimates in Sri Lanka: Selected Issues

Neranjana Gunetilleke () and Dinushka Senanayake
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Neranjana Gunetilleke: Centre for Poverty Analysis
Dinushka Senanayake: Centre for Poverty Analysis

No 58, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: The lack of an official poverty line in Sri Lanka until June 2004 has over time generated a number of poverty lines and corresponding poverty measures. While these poverty measures have provided a good base for poverty analysis, the paper also touches on the problems generated by the use of multiple methods. The release of the official poverty line by the Department of Census and Statistics can be seen as a major step forward in the debate on poverty measurement in Sri Lanka.

Keywords: official poverty line; poverty analysis; poverty measures; Sri Lanka (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 O12 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2004-10-01
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