The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - Updating and improving the social protection index

This country study provides updated information and data on social protection programs and calculates the social protection index (SPI) for Sri Lanka in view of the revised SPI methodology. The SPI can be updated periodically to assess progress in social protection arrangements in the country and analyze deeper aspects of targeting, coverage and expenditures on various social protection programs; for example, on the breadth (coverage) of social insurance versus social assistance or labor market programs, or on the depth (size of benefit) of various categories of social protection. The revised SPI methodology also provides scope to measure the gender responsiveness of programs and poverty targeting of programs.