The publication by Dr. A.T.P.L. Abeykoon outlines in a nutshell the policies and programmes that influenced the transition from a high population growth rate to a relatively low growth over a period of six decades.

This paper assesses the contribution of mortality decline in Sri Lanka to economically active life during the period 1968 to 2001.

This publication presents our first major update of health accounts statistics for Sri Lanka since the original Sri Lanka National Health Accounts Report published in 2003 that complies with the System of Health Accounts (SHA) which is the global standard for reporting health expenditures published by the OECD.

The Sri Lanka case of the World Bank study was carried out by the Institute for Health Policy, and published together with the other country cases in “Good Practices in Health Financing: Lessons from reforms in low- and middle-income countries”.

Maternal–newborn health (MNH) care expenditures are a considerable burden on poor households in many countries. This paper commissioned by WHO reviews the available evidence and identifies pathways through which such spending causes poverty.

Project report describing the results of the IHP anaysis of social disparities in MNCH outcomes in several WHO SEAR regional countries, and and the analysis of their determinants.

Results of the WHO-sponsored pilot study in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to use health accounts methods to estimate and track spending for child health.

The paper discusses the social and economic implications for Sri Lanka of population ageing.

Health Economics paper presenting the analysis of out-of-pocket spending in Asian countries by the Equitap project, and estimates of the extent of catastrophic impacts.

Project report on ILO Social Security Inquiry pilot in Sri Lanka to test the feasibility of routine collection of data on social security coverage in the country.