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    This document summarizes a study on the socioeconomic conditions of salt pan workers in Sri Lanka's Kalpitiya salt pan region. The study analyzes previous literature on the topic using different methods. It finds that salt pan workers face issues like low income, unemployment, debt burdens, rising production costs, lower income for women, health problems from the climate and environment, and low education levels. To address these problems and improve the socioeconomic status of salt pan workers, the study recommends wage adjustments and more public sector intervention.

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    This document summarizes a study on the socioeconomic conditions of salt pan workers in Sri Lanka's Kalpitiya salt pan region. The study analyzes previous literature on the topic using different methods. It finds that salt pan workers face issues like low income, unemployment, debt burdens, rising production costs, lower income for women, health problems from the climate and environment, and low education levels. To address these problems and improve the socioeconomic status of salt pan workers, the study recommends wage adjustments and more public sector intervention.

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    SEUIARS 2019

    Paper ID: SEUIARS2019_158

    A REVIEW ABOUT THE SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE


    SALTPAN WORKERS: LESSONS FOR THE KALPITIYA SALTPAN
    REGION IN SRI LANKA
    A.S.F. Risna banu1, M.N.F. Washima2, M.N.F. Nishla3
    Correspondence: fwaseema@seu.ac.lk

    Abstract

    Sri Lanka is an island which is naturally surrounded by the sea and natural resources. Even though it
    has the capacity to produce many goods and services by using the natural resources, it imports some
    particular goods and services. Saltpan industry is one of the important primary production in Sri Lanka
    which has comparative advantage, even salt is imported from some other countries too. The saltpan
    workers are in the low level of the socio economic status and faced many challenges in their day to day
    life, especially in the Kalpitiya saltpan region in Sri Lanka. Therefore this study aims to analyse the
    socio economic condition of the saltpan workers and their challenges and provide solutions for their
    problems. This study is analyzed in the review basis through the relevant literature which were done
    previously in different areas using different methods. So, the findings concluded that lower income,
    unemployment and seasonal unemployment, loan burdens, increasing production cost, lower income
    for women, climate, health related issues and low level of education are the main problems. In order to
    solve the problems and enhances the saltpan worker’s socio economic status, they have highly
    recommended the wage adjustment and the public sector intervention.

    Keywords: Salt, saltpan workers, primary production, socio economic status

    1
    Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of
    Sri Lanka
    2
    Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of
    Sri Lanka
    3
    Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts & Culture, South Eastern University of
    Sri Lanka

    Book of Abstracts, 8th South Eastern University International Arts Research Symposium -2019
    18th December 2019, ISBN 978-955-627-203-1
    119

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