Establishing a new official poverty line

The World Bank provided training to the staff in the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) on how to establish poverty lines. It also organized a workshop to facilitate consensus over the official poverty lines among various stakeholders in Sri Lanka.

• Link to workshops
  • Workshop on establishing a new official poverty line
  • Dissemination workshop for the official poverty line and poverty map 

 

• Link to reports
  • DCS’ note on the official poverty line