Sri Lanka has the 14th-largest gender gap in labor force participation (LFP) globally. LFP rates among Sri Lankan women age 15 years and older were 36 percent for 2015 and 2016, versus 75 percent for same-age men for both years. Sri Lanka shows remarkable persistence in low LFP rates for women over the past three decades - with even a slight decline as the economy has expanded. This presents significant challenges to the country’s growth and equity...
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2020/03/01
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Getting to Work : Unlocking Women’s Potential in Sri Lanka’s Labor Force
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Solotaroff,Jennifer; Joseph,George; Kuriakose,Anne T.; Sethi,Jayati.
Getting to Work : Unlocking Women’s Potential in Sri Lanka’s Labor Force (Vol. 2 of 2) (English). Directions in development|countries and regions Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/151551583219126707