Sri Lanka - Empowering southern provinces to plan their own development paths (English)

This Results Profile talks about empowering Sri Lanka’s southern provinces to plan their own development paths. About 50 percent of the population in southern Sri Lanka lived below poverty line. About 60 percent lacked basic services, including clean drinking water, sanitation, and access to credit and markets. In 2004, the government of Sri Lanka launched a program known locally as Gemi Diriya, with the objective of empowering rural communities to...

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Document Date
2010/09/14
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
97302
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2015/10/28
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Sri Lanka - Empowering southern provinces to plan their own development paths
Keywords
Village Savings and Credit Organizations

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

LK-Second Community Development and Livelihood Improvement Project -- P087145

Major Sector

Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

Social Protection

Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

Public Administration

Industry, Trade and Services

Theme

FY17 - Rural Markets,FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement,FY17 - Rural Non-farm Income Generation,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Agriculture Finance,FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery,FY17 - Social Inclusion,FY17 - Finance for Development,FY17 - Rural Development

Sector

FY17 - Agricultural markets, commercialization and agri-business,FY17 - Water Supply,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Sub-National Government,FY17 - Other Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

TF No/Name

TF056903-PHRD: SRI LANKA - GEMI DIRIYA II (ESTATES)

Topics

Education, Skills Development and Labor Market,Income-Generating Activities,Livelihoods,Poverty,Water,

Historic Topics

Poverty Reduction,

Historic SubTopics

Access of Poor to Social Services, Disability, Economic Assistance, Hydrology, Income, Inequality, Labor Markets, Services & Transfers to Poor,

Unit Owning

Agriculture - GP (GFADR)

Lending Instrument

Investment Project Financing

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Results Profile;

Product Line

IBRD/IDA

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Sri Lanka - Empowering southern provinces to plan their own development paths (English). Results Profile Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/619301468189260032

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