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dc.contributor.author Sharic, AHS
dc.contributor.author Bulathsinghala, BSDR
dc.contributor.author Bemindu, KPJ
dc.contributor.author Perera, JASK
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-08T08:46:24Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-08T08:46:24Z
dc.date.issued 2019-09
dc.identifier.citation Sharic, A.H.S., & Bulathsinghala, B.S.D.R. (2019). Impact of railway existence on poverty in Sri Lanka [Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2019 (p. 5). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17611
dc.description.abstract Poverty is an issue of major concern in Sri Lanka, from both the economic and social perspectives. Focusing on the transportation sector in Sri Lanka, this study focuses on exploring the relationship between poverty and the existence of a railway transportation system as a possible nexus that can affect the level of poverty in the country. In order to measure railway existence, the district-wise number of passenger trips and number of railway stops have been considered. The poverty headcount index as of 2016 has been used to measure poverty in all districts of Sri Lanka as a standard, and the number of rail passenger trips and number of railway-stops for year 2016 have been received from Sri Lanka Railways headquarters. The dependent variable was the poverty head count index and the independent variables were number of rail passenger trips and number of railways stops. Simple and multiple linear regressions were run. It was found that there was a statistically significant negative relationship between the district-wise number of railways stops and the poverty headcount index in Sri Lanka. It was also found that the district-wise number of passenger trips did not have a statistically significant relationship with the district-wise poverty headcount index. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.subject Poverty head count index en_US
dc.subject Existence of railway en_US
dc.subject Number of stations en_US
dc.subject Number of rail passenger trips en_US
dc.title Impact of railway existence on poverty in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 4th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos p. 5 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.email ahmssharic@gmail.com en_US


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