The use of poverty indicators and the poverty pyramid for agricultural and rural development in the smallholder sector in Sri Lanka / Dharmadasa Tennakoon
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996
Based on official micro-level poverty studies for agricultural and rural development in the smallholder sector of Sri Lanka. The Poverty Pyramid was found to be a powerful tool for poverty analysis and the design of poverty alleviation strategies that are targeted at sustained poverty alleviation. Identification of the correct target groups by factors that prevent them from being more productive in their income generation activities is crucial to the formulation of rural development programs that benefit poor people first and most
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Submitted to the School of Australian and International Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University
