Living Wage Report: Sri Lanka — Estate Sector

Manoj Thibbotuwawa et al., for the Global Living Wage Coalition · Global Living Wage Coalition / Anker Research Institute; co-sponsored by Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance, SAI

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Rigorous calculation of the gap between actual estate-sector wages and a living wage, finding wages well below subsistence for a family of four in the hill-country plantation context. The wage gap documented here is the empirical backdrop for the 2024–26 Rs. 1,700 wage struggle (Section 6). **Source 22** **Title:** *Living Wage Update Report: Estate Sector, Sri Lanka, June 2024* **Author:** Lykke E. Andersen, Marcelo Delajara, Agnes Medinaceli, Richard Anker, Martha Anker **Publisher:** Anker Research Institute / Global Living Wage Coalition **Year:** 2024 **URL:** https://ideas.repec.org/p/iad/glliwa/240450.html **Tier:** A (ILO-affiliated) **Gloss:** Most recent (2024) update confirming the persistent and growing gap between estate wages and a dignified living wage, providing up-to-date evidence directly relevant to the Rs. 1,700 gazette controversy (Section 6) and Amnesty's 2026 findi

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