8:30 am: Registration

9:00 am: National Anthem and Lighting of the Traditional Oil Lamp

9:10 am: Welcome

Françoise Clottes, Country Director, World Bank Sri Lanka and the Maldives

9:20 am: Keynote Address

Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

9:50 am: Presentation of the Reports to the Hon. Prime Minister

10:00 am: Presentation of Findings and Reflections

Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment

David Newhouse, Senior Economist, World Bank

Discussant: Prof. Dileni Gunewardena, Professor of Economics

Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

Systematic Country Diagnostic

Charles Undeland, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank

Discussant: Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies

11:00 am: Panel Discussion and Q&A – Moderated by Savithri Rodrigo

#Whatwillittake to End Poverty and Promote Shared Prosperity in #Sri Lanka?

Françoise Clottes, Country Director, World Bank Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Harsha Aturupane, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank

Charles Undeland, Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank

David Newhouse, Senior Economist, World Bank

Ralph Van Doorn, Senior Country Economist, World Bank