The 2nd Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka is a joint initiative of the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) programme to Improve Capacities for Poverty Research and the Association for the Advancement of Science, held on 13th July 2001. This booklet comprises all presentations made during the symposium, which included Regional Indicators for Poverty Measurement, Poverty and Violent Conflict, Poverty and Enterprise Promotion, Poverty and Social Exclusion and Research Gap.