03/01/2011
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Poverty Portal
By Tanuja Thurairajah The cause and effect dimension of the conflict-poverty symbiosis has been an integral aspect of the poverty discourse in Sri Lanka. The end of the protracted civil war in Sri Lanka while presenting a tentative but renewed sense of hope has also thrown in many challenges especially in terms of the rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement processes. Interwoven into these challenges is the issue of dealing with poverty, both in the economic as well as in the social aspect.