Analyses the impact of concessional sales of rice under public food distribution schemes on the open market demand and total consumption of rice in Sri Lanka from 1953 to 1989. The results show that, on average, 73 per cent of the concessional issues of rice under the non‐targeted (universal)...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to construct a poverty profile for Sri Lanka, and examine the micro‐level determinants and correlates of poverty. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the latest Sri Lanka Integrated Survey commissioned by the World Bank. The...