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Do Land Market Restrictions Hinder Structural Change in a Rural Economy? : Evidence from Sri Lanka

Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan; Shilpi, Forhad J. - 2015

This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on structural change from agriculture to non-farm in a rural economy. This paper develops a theoretical model that focuses on higher migration costs due to restrictions on alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse...

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Understanding Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka : Evidence from 2002 to 2012/13

Ceriani, Lidia; Inchauste, Gabriela; Olivieri, Sergio - 2015

This paper quantifies the contributions to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2012/13. The …, labor, and non-labor incomes in explaining poverty reduction. The findings show that the most important contributor to … poverty reduction was growth in labor income, stemming from an increase in the returns to salaried nonfarm workers and higher …

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Globalization and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia

López Acevedo, Gladys; Robertson, Raymond; Savchenko, … - 2016

identify the potential development effects of post-MFA apparel employment and to thoroughly compare the benefits documented in …

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Labor Drops : Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises

McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher; De Mel, Suresh - 2016

The majority of enterprises in many developing countries have no paid workers. This paper reports on a field experiment conducted in Sri Lanka that provided wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises to test whether hiring additional labor would benefit such firms. In the presence of...

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Public School Teacher Management in Sri Lanka : Issues and Options

Raju, Dhushyanth - 2016

Sri Lanka is increasingly seeking to ensure that its public school system not only delivers greater shares of students who have completed higher secondary and tertiary education, but also that all students obtain a much better education. Raising teacher effectiveness is considered as crucial for...

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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries

McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2015

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms, where the majority of the labor force in developing countries works? This study developed 26 questions that measure business practices in marketing, stock-keeping,...

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Female Wages in the Apparel Industry Post-MFA : The Cases of Cambodia and Sri Lanka

Savchenko, Yevgeniya; López Acevedo, Gladys - 2012

The end of the Multi-fiber Arrangement/Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in 2005 was a major policy change that affected the allocation of global apparel productions well as the lives of workers involved in this sector. Since the apparel industry is often the major female employer in developing...

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Creating Jobs in South Asia???s Conflict Zones

Lakshmi Iyer; Santos, Indhira - 2012

This paper describes the key challenges to job creation in conflict-affected environments in South Asia. It uses household survey data since the early 2000s for Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to document the characteristics of labor markets in conflict-affected areas, exploiting the...

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Multisectoral Preventive Health Services in Sri Lanka : Lessons for Developing Countries in Providing Public Goods in Health

Dalpatadu, K.C.S.; Das Gupta, Monica; Herath, H.M.S.S.D.; … - 2013

What can other developing countries learn from Sri Lanka on achieving good health at low cost? While its well-organized medical and maternal-child health services have been documented elsewhere, this paper fills a gap in documenting how it organizes services to reduce the population's exposure...

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Sri Lanka : From Peace Dividend to Sustained Growth Acceleration

Fonseka, Daminda; Pinto, Brian; Prasad, Mona - 2013

Following the cessation of hostilities in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka has announced a suitably ambitious macroeconomic vision to capitalize on the peace dividend. Its goals include growing at 8 percent or more per year and lowering government indebtedness from around 80 to 60 percent...

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