President’s advisor employs unemployment statistics incorrectly
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The country's unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in 2020. It was the highest unemployment rate experienced by Sri Lanka since 2009. The government was able to bring that figure down to 4.7% by 2023.
Lankadeepa | May 8, 2024
Posted on: 1 June, 2024
Partly True
MP Wigneswaran overstates the unemployment disparity in war affected areas
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“Unemployment in our war-affected areas have exceeded 10% while the national average proportion of unemployment is less than 6%.”
Daily FT | September 12, 2020
Posted on: 29 October, 2020
False
Wickramaratne employs correct statistics on gender gap in the labour force
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"Sri Lanka’s Labour Force Participation (LFP) was 36% for women versus 75% for men in 2016, which is the 14th largest gender gap in LFP globally.
Daily FT | September 25, 2019
Posted on: 24 October, 2019
True