The Choice of Energy Mix at the Household Level: The Case of Sri Lanka

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thileni Rasadarie D. Wickramaratne
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Household Level

Household Expenditure on Tobacco Consumption in a Poverty-Stricken Rural District in Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Manuja N. Perera ◽  
G. N. Duminda Guruge ◽  
Pushpa L. Jayawardana
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Household Expenditure ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Household Level

Tobacco is a determinant of poverty and a barrier for development. Monaragala, a rural, agricultural district, reports the highest poverty-related indicators in southern Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study was used to describe the household expenditure on tobacco and its association with food- and education-related expenditures at household level. This study used a 4-stage cluster sampling method to recruit a representative sample of 1160 households. Response rate was 98.6%. Median monthly household income was LKR 20 000 (interquartile range [IQR] = LKR 12 000-30 000). The median monthly expenditure on tobacco was LKR 1000 (IQR = LKR 400-2000) with the highest spending tertile reporting a median of LKR 2700 (IQR = LKR 2000-3600).The proportionate expenditure from the monthly income ranged from 0.0% to 50% with a median of 5.0% (IQR = 2.0-10.0) and a mean of 7.4% (7.6). The poorest reported the highest mean proportionate expenditure (9.8%, SD = 10) from the household income. Household expenditure on tobacco negatively associated with expenditure on education.

scholarly journals Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital among Female Microentrepreneurs

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arielle Bernhardt ◽  
Erica Field ◽  
Rohini Pande ◽  
Natalia Rigol
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Financial Returns ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Multiple Field ◽  
Returns On Investment

Multiple field experiments report positive financial returns to capital shocks for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But these analyses overlook the fact that female entrepreneurs often reside with male entrepreneurs. Using data from experiments in India, Sri Lanka, and Ghana, we show that the observed gender gap in microenterprise responses does not reflect lower returns on investment, when measured at the household level. Instead, the absence of a profit response among female-run enterprises reflects the fact that women’s capital is typically invested into their husband’s enterprise. We cannot reject equivalence of household-level income gains for male and female capital shock recipients. (JEL G31, J16, L25, L26, O12, O16)

scholarly journals Disability and poverty in Sri Lanka: a household level analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. T. Kumara ◽  
D. N. B. Gunewardena
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Prevalence of Gender Based Domestic Violence (A Case Study) with the Special Reference to Eravur Pattu Divisional Secretariat Division, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
J. Kennedy ◽  
S. Dasinaa ◽  
A. Sujendran
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Contact

Despite numerous violence emerged and recognised in most part of the world, gender based violence causes severe impact on both mentally and physically to both the genders which ultimately threats the future of younger generation. As whole, it is evidenced by various Government and Non-Governmental activities in order to minimize the impacts towards the evolution to a peaceful nature from the household level. Violence against women is a widespread problem in Sri Lanka where cultural values and norms serve to highlight the abusive practices against women. The present study was conducted in Eravur Pattu Divisional Secretariat Division (Chenkalady), Sri Lanka in order to evaluate the current situation with the clinical based signs of the affected ones. Primary and secondary data were collected from the Primary Health Care Centres which is widely distributed in the study location of the Eravur Pattu Divisional Secretariat Division, Sri Lanka. According to the statistical responses derived from the records from the local authorities, more than 70% of the total women were victimized in broad terms of physical, sexual and psychological abuses. It was relatively higher (90%) in the villages named as Marapalam (78%), Karadiyanaru (75%), Sinnapullumalai (83%), and Periapullumalai (80%). Moreover, physical abuses (81.5%) including slapping, pinching, kicking, burning etc were slightly higher while comparing with the sexual abuse (unwanted sexual contact- 48%) and emotional abuse (verbally humiliated/ illegal- 67%) at the identified locations. However, the present study indicates that there is a significant reduction while comparing with the yester years which might be due to the proper awareness on the basis of compromising and facing problems supported by the services carried out by the local organizations in Sri Lanka. The random sampling method has been used while interviewing the samples, and the available records from the authorities have been used for analysing.

scholarly journals Household Level Paddy Storage and Insect Infestation of Paddy, Maize and Mungbean in Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
J. M. P. Kumari ◽  
L. K. W. Wijayaratne ◽  
N. W. I. A. Jayawardena ◽  
W. C. P. Egodawatta
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Insect Infestation ◽  
Household Level

scholarly journals Analyzing the Impact of Agricultural Landownership on Poverty and Food Security in Sri Lanka: A Household Level Econometric Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
N. P. Ravindra Deyshappriya
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
Ordered Probit Models ◽  
The Impact

Aims: This study examined the impact of agricultural landownership on poverty and food security in Sri Lanka. The current study enriches the literature by extending traditional two way poverty classification into four groups: Extremely Poor, Poor, Vulnerable Non-Poor and Non-Poor and quantifies the impact of agricultural landownership on each type of poverty. Similarly, the impact of agricultural landownership on food security is was also estimated considering the four types of food security such as, Extremely Food Insecure, Food Insecure, Vulnerable to Food Insecure and Food Secure, based on Minimum Dietary Energy Requirements. Methodology: The analysis is was based on the secondary data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) of Sri Lanka. Ordered Probit Models were estimated to examine the impacts of agricultural landownership on poverty and food security to accomplish the objectives of the study. Results: The results highlighted that the probability of being non-poor of the households with agriculture land is was higher by 6.42% compared to the households without agricultural lands. Similarly, having agriculture land also reduces the probability of being extremely poor, poor and vulnerable to poverty by 0.1%, 2.2% and 4.1% respectively. In addition, the empirical findings indicated that ownership of agricultural land lessens the probability of being extremely food insecure (0.8%), food insecure (1.4%) and vulnerable to food insecure (0.7%). Moreover, the probability of being food secured of thefor households with agricultural lands is was higher by 0.9% compared to the households without agricultural lands. Conclusion: Therefore, the study emphasized the significance of agricultural landownership to mitigate the poverty and food insecurity which ultimately enhances the household wellbeing. Hence, the current study strongly recommends implementing appropriate policies to address land-right related issues faced by developing countries ensuring long term wellbeing of the households.

scholarly journals Determinants of Migrations and Remittances: Evidence from Rural Sector of Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A.P.I.S Dharmadasa
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Rural Sector ◽  
Household Level ◽  
The Status ◽  
Internal Migrants ◽  
Nationally Representative

Agriculture remains as one of the major sources of employment to the rural community in Sri Lanka. However, problems such as inadequate land and capital, low productivity and personal attitudes have pushed the rural agricultural worker to migrate out of the sector. As the decision to migrate is made at the household level, characteristics of the household shape up the decision to migrate and send remittances to the origin communities. Therefore, this study is an attempt to find the determinants of migration and the remittances of the rural sector of Sri Lanka with special emphasis on household level characteristics. In identifying the determinants, the study has estimated several multinomial logit models separately based on the status of migration and receipt of remittances using a nationally representative data set of Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2009/2010). The results reveal that human capital characteristics are not major positive determinants of rural sector migration and receiving remittances implying that households with better education remain in the rural sector. Rural households with more members tend to have more migrants while it is a negative determinant of the receipt of remittances. Results also suggest that rural households receive more remittances from internal migrants when they have school age children. Based on these results, this study concludes that people diversify into different income earning strategies such as migration when they have more household members while education has contributed positively to keep the rural households in the sector. Therefore, the retaining human capital can be used in the rural development process if proper policies are implemented.KeywordsDeterminants, Migration, Remittances, Rural Secto

scholarly journals The Role of Infrastructure in Mitigating Poverty Dynamics: The Case of an Irrigation Project in Sri Lanka

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1117-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Sawada ◽  
Masahiro Shoji ◽  
Shinya Sugawara ◽  
Naoko Shinkai
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Irrigation Project ◽  
Transient Poverty ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Irrigation Infrastructure

Abstract While it is known that access to physical infrastructure enhances household welfare, there are very few micro-econometric studies that analyze its role in mitigating chronic and transient poverty. This paper aims to bridge this gap in the existing literature by evaluating the impact of a large-scale irrigation infrastructure project implemented in Sri Lanka. It identifies the treatment effect of irrigation access by exploiting a situation where the government used lotteries to distribute irrigated plots. Furthermore, in order to disentangle the channels through which the irrigation reduces poverty, we extend the seasonal consumption smoothing model of Paxson (1993; “Consumption and Income Seasonality in Thailand.” Journal of Political Economy 191(1):39–72) by introducing endogenous credit constraints. Using unique household level monthly panel data over a year, it is shown that with irrigation accessibility, not only the average income increases but also the patterns of income fluctuation changes and the probability of binding credit constraint declines through which transient poverty is mitigated. These empirical results suggest that irrigation infrastructure has a positive impact on reducing both chronic and transient poverty directly and indirectly by improving income and relaxing credit constraints.

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