Author : Jabbar, Shakeela and Senanayake, Dinushka
Publisher: Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo
Year: 2013
Page Numbers: 14
Acc. No: 4371
Class No: 339.46 JAB-SL
Category: Books & Reports
Subjects: Poverty
Type of Resource: Monograph
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-955-1040-66-6
In the Overview of Poverty 2013, CEPA looks at the different approaches used to define, measure and monitor poverty both monetary and non-monetary. The brief examines the methods used in Sri Lanka and discusses the methods of measuring poverty in Sri Lanka at national, district, provincial and sectoral levels. The brief also looks at factors such as education, health, living conditions and gender development that have a bearing on the poverty levels of different socio economic groups.