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IFAD in Sri Lanka
IFAD has worked in partnership with Sri Lanka since 1978. Over that period, more than 2.5 million people have benefited from 15 projects with a total value of around US$372 million. We work in three main areas: dry zones, where most poor people live; the estate sector (mainly tea and rubber) and surrounding villages, which have pockets of extreme poverty; and coastal areas, many of them former conflict zones, where people in poor fishing villages struggle to make a meagre living. IFAD is concentrating on support to sustainable livelihoods and resource management in these three areas. We are also working to establish a policy dialogue on land tenure, decentralization and strengthening of the focus on rural activities under the government’s poverty reduction strategy. Our strategy is well in line with the Vision for the Future, with its call for participatory development. A new project, the Iranamadu Irrigation Development Project will be presented to the 104th session of the Executive Board in December 2011. Country strategic opportunities paper Source: IFAD |
Ongoing operations
Statistics
Projects: 16
Total cost: US$419.0 million Approved IFAD loan: US$238.9 million Directly benefiting: 525,332 households
Contact information
Anura Herath
Ya Tian
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