"This paper provides an introduction to poverty-related data available in Sri Lanka and monetary measurements of … poverty carried out using this data. The lack of an official poverty line in Sri Lanka until June 2004 has over time generated … a number of poverty lines and corresponding poverty measures. While these poverty measures have provided a good base for …

Sri Lanka has made strong progress in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity among the less well-off in recent years …. The poverty rate using the World Bank's 3.20 Dollars poverty line (in 2011 purchasing power parity) declined from 16 ….2 percent in 2012/13 to 11 percent in 2016, a reduction that compares favorably to regional peers. Extreme poverty is almost …

Poverty in Sri Lanka is still largely a rural phenomenon. Between 1986 and 1991, national poverty rates declined … modestly, almost entirely because of a decline in rural poverty. During the same period, urban poverty increased. Poorer … significantly higher unemployment.Datt and Gunewardena characterize poverty in Sri Lanka, using data from two recent household …