Key Learnings – A Retrospect on Poverty & Inequality

Sri Lanka’s steady progress towards poverty reduction has seen a severe set-back in the past few years. It is not just income inequality but also other non-monetary aspects -like health, education that are taking a turn for the worst. Remedial actions are imperative.

The following posts are extracted from an upcoming publication entitled ‘A Retrospect on poverty and inequality’ (by K. Romeshun, V. Sarma and I. Samarakoon). It records the experiences of the past 14 years, dissecting how poverty is measured, how communities moved out of poverty and what keeps them still trapped in poverty. This retrospect, aims to record the experiences of the past, to allow for a looking back to look forward to draw on insights to deal with the current challenges we face.