Locating the poor: spatially disaggregated poverty maps for Sri Lanka

This report presents the results of subnational poverty estimation using aggregate poverty statistics and how they can help policy interventions. In particular, they estimate the poverty map across the DS division level in Sri Lanka. The poverty map depicts the proportion of households below the pov...

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Autores principales: Amarasinghe, Upali A., Samad, Madar, Anputhas, Markandu
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39883
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Sumario:This report presents the results of subnational poverty estimation using aggregate poverty statistics and how they can help policy interventions. In particular, they estimate the poverty map across the DS division level in Sri Lanka. The poverty map depicts the proportion of households below the poverty line, which is based on household expenditure for food for obtaining the minimum calorie requirement.