A closer look at Sri Lanka’s poverty figures: are we reading them right?
By Nilakshi de Silva On 20 September 2013 Comparisons of IP and MDP by districts According to the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), in 2009/10 approximately 8.9% of the population in Sri Lanka, or 1.8 million individuals, are poor. This is a significant improvement compared to 2000, when approximately 22.7 % of the population […]