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Sri Lanka : Poverty Assessment

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    3. Amarasinghe, Upali & Samad, Madar & Anputhas, Markandu, 2005. "Spatial clustering of rural poverty and food insecurity in Sri Lanka," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(5-6), pages 493-509.
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    5. Rizzo, Matteo., 2011. "Rural wage employment in Rwanda and Ethiopia : a review of the current policy neglect and a framework to begin addressing it," ILO Working Papers 994645243402676, International Labour Organization.
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    7. Sharif, Iffath A., 2009. "Building a targeting system for Bangladesh based on proxy means testing," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 50670, The World Bank.

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