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Those days and nowadays: employment, poverty reduction and empowerment in Sri Lanka in export manufacturing factories (pdf 640kb)
This study examines the relationship between employment and poverty amongst the predominantly female workforce in free trade zone (FTZ) and non-FTZ factories in Sri Lanka.It shows that the workers' perceptions of poverty are different from official poverty lines and shaped by a variety of factors.
The study also demonstrates that families' household income increased significantly in all three areas after the workers were employed in the factories, further illustrating the direct link between factory employment and poverty reduction.
- Resource link:
http://www.cepa.lk/uploads/ pubs/ Those%20Days%20and%20Nowadays.pdf - Published: 2005
- Source: Centre for Poverty Analysis (http://www.cepa.lk)
- Added to ADG on: 01 May 2008
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