Livelihoods and Employment

The ongoing multiple crises continue to shape livelihoods and employment of people in Sri Lanka. Within such a context, this thematic group has largely shifted its focus from studying ‘future of work’ to understanding the rapidly changing nature of rural livelihoods and employment in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This thematic will pay special attention to the care sector in understanding the role of unpaid care work in employment choices and overall wellbeing of individuals and families and work in the fisheries sector as a sector that experienced greater impoverishment and vulnerabilities due to rising fuel costs.  Expansion of the research portfolio to include to agriculture sector and MSME is also recognized as a priority. The livelihoods thematic’s research portfolio will continue to address gender issues and focus on the micro-economic issues