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In Sri Lanka, Paper Making Is A Way Out Of Poverty

In Sri Lanka, Paper Making Is A Way Out Of Poverty

17 March 1997

In some of the poorest communities of Sri Lanka, women have learned to make writing paper and other paper products without tools or equipment. This supplements the incoming of families who till poor hilly farmlands. A revolving fund has been set up, with support from the United Nations Development Programme

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Categories
News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Corporate Name
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
Subject Topical
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
POVERTY
WOMEN
SMALL ENTERPRISES
Geographic Subject
ASIA
SRI LANKA
MAMS Id
UNA0500
Parent Id
UNA0500

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In some of the poorest communities of Sri Lanka, women have learned to make writing paper and other paper products without tools or equipment. This supplements the incoming of families who till poor hilly farmlands. A revolving fund has been set up, with support from the United Nations Development Programme

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