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Sri Lanka’s poorest fifth lose 16% of real household income
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Photo: LBOSri Lanka’s poorest fifth of households lost 16.4 percent of their average monthly income in real terms between 2016 and early 2025, while the richest fifth gained 16.5 percent, widening the income gap, as poverty returned to its level of nine years earlier.
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- Lanka Business Online · Sri Lanka’s Economy Reaches Pre-Crisis Levels but Recovery Uneven, says World Bank Group
- Daily FT · Welfare net fails to track household shocks: IPS
- Lanka Business Online · Beyond Economic Stability: Bridging the Gap Between Recovery and Household Prosperity
- Daily FT · Poverty rises to 16% as real household incomes fall below 2019 levels
- Daily Mirror · Households left with just Rs.4,000 a month after spending, down from Rs.13,000 in 2019
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