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 poverty line, which is based on household expenditure for food for obtaining the minimum calorie requirement.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amarasinghe, Upali A., Samad, Madar, Anputhas, Markandu
Format: Report biblioteca
Language:English
Published: International Water Management Institute 2005
Subjects:poverty, mapping,
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39883
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub096/RR96.pdf
https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.096
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