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Micro Credit for Development: A Review of Micro Credit Programmes in Sri Lanka

1999 | Rural Development Training and Research Institute (RDTRI)

The aim of this research is to analyse the performance of development oriented micro-credit programmes in Sri Lanka. This analysis is focused on the institutional arrangements rather than the benefits..

Micro Enterprise Development for Youth

2000 | Rural Development Training and Research Institute (RDTRI)

The important role of the small and micro-enterprise sector in terms of its contribution to employment creation, income generation, technology transfer, economic growth and rural development is well r..

Sri Lanka: Strengthening Social Protection: Part 1

2006 | World Bank (WB)

This book provides information on various topics, like Poverty and Vulnerability, Enhancing Employment Possibilities and Employability, Improving Social Insurance, Coping with risk through Social Safe..

The Poverty Impact of the SEEDS 'Credit Plus' Approach: An independent client based assessment

2002 | Nireka Weeratunge, Tudor de Silva, Vigitha Renganathan

The main objective of the paper is to assess the impact of micro-finance and business development services (BDS) on reducing poverty in Sri Lanka, using SEEDS as a case study. This is done by, explor..

Sri Lanka's Microfinance Sector: Environment, Policies and Practices

2000 | Nina Nayar, Ramani Gunatilaka

This study is a preliminary review of Sri Lanka's microfinance sector in terms of the demand for and supply of microfinance services, the different methodologies practiced and the environment in w..

Returns to Capital in Micro-enterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

2006 | Suresh de Mel, Christopher Woodruff

This is the documentation of the 29th Open Forum on Poverty held by CEPA. The study which was presented at the forum, analysed the implications of microfinance using evidence from an experimental inte..

Farming, Industry or Migration? Household Choices in Sri Lanka's Central Province

2004 | Ramani Gunatilaka

This paper examines the role of farming, non-farming and migration in the portfolio of the income-earning activities of households in the Central Province. It aims to assist the formulation of povert..

2nd Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka

2001 | Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), Programme to Improve Capacities for Poverty Research (IMCAP), Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

This publication compiles the papers presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka in 2001 organized jointly by the Centre for Poverty Analysis, IMCAP and The Sri Lanka Associ..

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