* Excludes Kilinochchi, Mannar & Mullaitivu Table 2: Selected provincial indicators 2003-4 The macroeconomic impact of the conflict is estimated at 2-3 percent of GDP growth annually. Over 65,000 people have died, nearly a million citizens have been displaced, private and public properties and economic infrastructure have been destroyed, local economies and community networks have been disrupted, and health and educational outcomes have deteriorated. Over two decades of conflict in the North and East have had far-reaching economic and social repercussions for the country. Social and economic conditions in the conflict-affected North and Eastģ1. The rural sector is home to most of the poor (88 percent), which implies that significant poverty reduction can only occur when key factors restricting incomes in this sector are addressed.Ī. Poverty in the estate sector remains endemic and is related to issues that are specific to the sector, and thus worthy of special attention. The unique circumstances in conflict-affected areas deserve special attention, especially as more empirical data for this region becomes available, although geographical coverage of household surveys remains incomplete. Poverty is more prevalent in the estate and rural sectors and is likely to be a serious problem in the conflict-affected North and East. Poverty in selected sectors and regions.ģ0. The maps showing Accessibility and Rainfall Anomalies are interesting. The report uses data from 2002, collected when the cease-fire was taking effect, but to have NO data is rather amazing. It is also useful to know that, in a genocidal situation, a government would not want such information as poverty indicators to be public knowledge. These maps are useful for comparison, anyhow. Note that there is NO data for poverty in the North East between the Census Department and the World Bank. The rural sector is home to most of the poor (88 percent), which implies that significant poverty reduction can only occur when key factors restricting incomes in this sector are addressed. 26th Year on the Web Association of Tamils of Sri Lanka in the USA
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