Survey of Conflict-Affected Regions in Sri Lanka: An Overview

Koji Yamazaki, Takahiro Ito, Jia Li and Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek
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Koji Yamazaki: Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Jia Li: Lecturer, Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek: Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

No 37, GSICS Working Paper Series from Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University

Abstract: This study presents an overview of the Survey of Conflict-Affected Regions in Sri Lanka that was conductedin 2018 as part of a joint research project on social reconstruction and poverty reduction after the civil war in Sri Lanka. We clarify our sampling strategy and the implementation of the household survey, as well as the merits and limitations of our survey data. We then provide a descriptive analysis of the survey data, from which several important findings emerge. More than half of the heads of households among the ethnic minority groups.the Sri Lankan Tamil and the Moor.are either casual workers or non-income earners. We also found lower levels of education and a higher number of female household heads and widows among the ethnic minority groups. These characteristics can be the results of the civil war, and still affecting slow recovery of the minority groups from the civil war. Among the ethnic minority groups, the relative deprivation of the Sri Lankan Tamil is clear from the data. Policy measures need to be instituted to compensate for the disadvantages experienced by minorities to promote rapid recovery and poverty reduction in the region.

Keywords: civil conflict; househould survey; Sri Lanka; ethnicity; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2021-03
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