Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025
We assess multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024-2025. Nearly one quarter of all Sri Lankans are multidimensionally poor, and nearly one half are multidimensionally vulnerable. The multidimensionally poor are deprived in 45%...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Stifel, David Beleac, Traian Headey, Derek D. Munasinghe, Dilusha Ranucci, Immacolata Sabai, Moe Stifel, Elizabeth van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Hülsen, Vivien |
| author_browse | Beleac, Traian Headey, Derek D. Hülsen, Vivien Munasinghe, Dilusha Ranucci, Immacolata Sabai, Moe Stifel, David Stifel, Elizabeth Weerasinghe, Krishani van Asselt, Joanna |
| author_facet | Stifel, David Beleac, Traian Headey, Derek D. Munasinghe, Dilusha Ranucci, Immacolata Sabai, Moe Stifel, Elizabeth van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Hülsen, Vivien |
| author_sort | Stifel, David |
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| description | We assess multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024-2025.
Nearly one quarter of all Sri Lankans are multidimensionally poor, and nearly one half are multidimensionally vulnerable.
The multidimensionally poor are deprived in 45% of the weighted poverty indicators, while the multidimensionally vulnerable are deprived in 37% of the weighted vulnerability indicators.
Estate areas have the highest rates of multidimensional poverty (63%) and vulnerability (83%), but most of the multidimensionally poor (77%) and vulnerable (79%) live in rural areas because nearly 8 out of 10 Sri Lankans live there.
Central province has the highest multidimensional poverty rate (38%), while Northern (75%), Eastern (65%), and Uva (60%) provinces have the highest multidimensional vulnerability rates.
Western province has one of the lowest multidimensional poverty rates (17%) and the lowest multidimensional vulnerability rates (35%).
The main sources of multidimensional poverty are health deprivations and standard of living (assets and basic services) deprivations.
The main sources of multidimensional vulnerability are shocks, unproductive debt, poor health, and inadequate schooling.
Policy Implications for Sri Lanka:
The government of Sri Lanka should consider using multidimensional poverty and vulnerability measures to re-assess district-level poverty for the first-stage allocation of Aswesuma resources.
Refinements and/or extensions of these multidimensional poverty and vulnerability measures could prove useful for assessing potential policy levers for reducing current poverty and the vulnerability of households to future poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1774422025-11-14T11:46:33Z Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 Stifel, David Beleac, Traian Headey, Derek D. Munasinghe, Dilusha Ranucci, Immacolata Sabai, Moe Stifel, Elizabeth van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Hülsen, Vivien capacity development households poverty surveys vulnerability We assess multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka using the BRIGHT Integrated Household Survey data for 2024-2025. Nearly one quarter of all Sri Lankans are multidimensionally poor, and nearly one half are multidimensionally vulnerable. The multidimensionally poor are deprived in 45% of the weighted poverty indicators, while the multidimensionally vulnerable are deprived in 37% of the weighted vulnerability indicators. Estate areas have the highest rates of multidimensional poverty (63%) and vulnerability (83%), but most of the multidimensionally poor (77%) and vulnerable (79%) live in rural areas because nearly 8 out of 10 Sri Lankans live there. Central province has the highest multidimensional poverty rate (38%), while Northern (75%), Eastern (65%), and Uva (60%) provinces have the highest multidimensional vulnerability rates. Western province has one of the lowest multidimensional poverty rates (17%) and the lowest multidimensional vulnerability rates (35%). The main sources of multidimensional poverty are health deprivations and standard of living (assets and basic services) deprivations. The main sources of multidimensional vulnerability are shocks, unproductive debt, poor health, and inadequate schooling. Policy Implications for Sri Lanka: The government of Sri Lanka should consider using multidimensional poverty and vulnerability measures to re-assess district-level poverty for the first-stage allocation of Aswesuma resources. Refinements and/or extensions of these multidimensional poverty and vulnerability measures could prove useful for assessing potential policy levers for reducing current poverty and the vulnerability of households to future poverty. 2025-10-30 2025-10-30T18:32:57Z 2025-10-30T18:32:57Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177442 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Stifel, David; Beleac, Traian; Headey, Derek D.; Hülsen, Vivien; Munasinghe, Dilusha; Ranucci, Immacolata; et al. 2025. Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025. BRIGHT Sri Lanka Project Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177442 |
| spellingShingle | capacity development households poverty surveys vulnerability Stifel, David Beleac, Traian Headey, Derek D. Munasinghe, Dilusha Ranucci, Immacolata Sabai, Moe Stifel, Elizabeth van Asselt, Joanna Weerasinghe, Krishani Hülsen, Vivien Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title | Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_full | Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_fullStr | Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_short | Multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 |
| title_sort | multidimensional poverty and vulnerability in sri lanka 2024 2025 |
| topic | capacity development households poverty surveys vulnerability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177442 |
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