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Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
Fourth General Meeting
Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 June, 2005

The Fourth General Meeting of the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network organized by the IPS in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, Angelo King Institute, De La Salle University, Philippines, and the University of Laval, Canada was inaugurated on 13 June, 2005 at the Hotel Galadari, Colombo. Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Finance was the Chief Guest and Prof. Wishwa Warnapala, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs was the Guest of Honour at the inauguration of the conference.

Over 150 researchers from over 40 countries participated in this event. A number of papers on a wide range of topics related to poverty, based on experiences from several countries were presented and discussed at the conference.

Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of the IPS gave the welcome address and PEP-Co-Directors, Dr. Celia M. Reyes, and Dr. John Cockburn along with Dr. Evan Due, Senior Regional Programme Specialist, IDRC, made introductory remarks.

Welcome Address by the Executive Director, IPS (PDF Format 94kb)

Background to the PEP Fourth General Meeting

PEP Website

Saman Kelegama

• Participated at the 3rd Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation (ISACPA) Advisory Committee meeting on “SAARC Development Goals (SDGs)”, Thimpu, Bhutan, 24-26 November, 2004

• Participated at the 4th ISACPA Advisory Committee Meeting on “Finalizing the SDGs”, SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu, Nepal, 18-19 December, 2004

Ganga Tilakaratna

• Presented a paper on “Economic and political empowerment of the Poor in Sri Lanka” at the conference on “Rethinking Poverty Eradication in South Asia: An Agenda for Inclusive Development” organized by the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS) and Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12-13 October, 2008.

• Participated in the Refresher Course on “Universalizing Socio-Economic Security for the Poor” organized by the Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands) and Netherlands Alumni Association of Nepal (NAAN), held in Kathmandu, Nepal , September 7-18, 2008.

• Participated in the Asia Microfinance Forum 2006 on “Partnerships and Innovations: Increasing the Impact of Microfinance in Asia” organized by the Banking with the Poor (BWTP) network in collaboration with the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC), held in Beijing, China during 21-24 March 2006.

• Participated at the Boulder Microfinance Training Programme organized by the International Training Center of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Turin, Italy on 25 July to 12 August 2005

• Delivered comments on the Report “Road Map Towards a Poverty Free South Asia: Our Future Our Responsibility” prepared by the Reconstituted Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation (ISACPA), ISACPA Report Launch, Colombo, Sri Lanka 20 September 2004

• Chaired a session on “Chronic Poverty and Politics of Conflicts” of the International Conference on “Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy” organized by the Institute of Development and Policy Management (IDPM), University of Manchester, U.K., 6-11 April, 2003

• Discussant to the paper on “ Poverty in Tanzania: Comparison across Administrative Regions” at the “Third General Meeting of the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network” organized by the IDRC, Canada held in Dakar, Senegal, 16-20 June, 2004

• Delegate representing Sri Lanka at the Sixth Meeting of the SAARC Network of Researchers on Global Financial and Economic Issues, held in Islamabad, Pakistan, 8 December 2003.