Understanding Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

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dc.creatorCeriani, Lidia
dc.creatorInchauste, Gabriela
dc.creatorOlivieri, Sergio
dc.date2015-11-05T19:10:58Z
dc.date2015-11-05T19:10:58Z
dc.date2015-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:49:36Z
dc.descriptionThis 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 nonfarm workers and higher returns to self-employed farm workers. Although some of this increase in earnings may point to improvements in productivity, defined as higher units of output per worker, some of it may simply reflect increases in food and commodity prices, which have increased the marginal revenue product of labor. To the extent that there have been no increases in the volumes being produced, the observed changes in poverty are vulnerable to reversals if commodity prices were to decline significantly. Finally, although private transfers (domestic and foreign) helped to reduce poverty over the period, public transfers were not as effective. In particular, the reduction in the real value of transfers of the Samurdhi program during 2002 to 2012/13 slowed down poverty reduction.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25167646/understanding-poverty-reduction-sri-lanka-evidence-2002-201213
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22877
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7446
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411595
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7446
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAVERAGING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTAXES
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectRENT
dc.subjectWELFARE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
dc.subjectEQUATIONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectMEASURES
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectMARGINAL REVENUE
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT INCOME
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectVALUE OF OUTPUT
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectFARM INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectCENTRAL BANK
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectDAILY WAGE
dc.subjectPRIVATE TRANSFERS
dc.subjectREGIONS
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectFARM INCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectUTILITY
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectNET INCOME
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectTRANSFERS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT SOURCE
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectTOTAL POVERTY
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectVARIABLES
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectIMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subjectBASE YEAR
dc.subjectLOTTERY
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectCASH RECEIPTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDIVIDENDS
dc.subjectINCOME TAXES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectCHOICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectGOODS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subjectREVENUE
dc.subjectECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATOR
dc.subjectTRANSFERS IN KIND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectFARM SECTOR
dc.subjectFARM WORKERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectINDEX NUMBERS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVEL
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectWAGE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectFARM WORK
dc.subjectREGIONAL VARIATIONS
dc.subjectWAGE PREMIUM
dc.subjectFARM INCOME
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectFARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectREGION
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectDOMESTIC LABOR
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectINVENTORY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectBUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectINCOME GENERATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO FACILITIES
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.titleUnderstanding Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka
dc.titleEvidence from 2002 to 2012/13
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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