• Publications
  
  
• Reports
  
  
• Presentations
  
  
• Training
  

Publications

• “The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement and the Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka”, ARTNeT, Working paper series No. 92, 2011. Available at: http://www.unescap.org/tid/artnet/pub/wp.asp

• “Role of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement in the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Traditional Knowledge in Sri Lanka” Sri Lanka Economic Journal,Vol.11,No.1,p 96-132,2011.

• “Guarding What is Ours”, The Island, 23rd Of January 2011, available at: http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details

• “Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement and the Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka”, Abstracts, Fourth Annual Research Forum, Sri Lanka Agricultural Economic Association, Peradeniya,2010.

• “Inequity, Poverty and Development” (eds. with A.D.V.de S. Indraratna), Sri Lanka Economic Association, 2007.

• “Local Loop Unbundling in Sri Lanka: Issues and Challenges”, Telecom Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, 2007. available at: http://www.trc.gov.lk/images/pdf/TRC_research_r2006-07_20_PIR.pdf

• “Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) Assessment: Methodology and Implementation Results from Five Emerging Economies” (with R. Samarajiva, H.Galpaya, D.Goswami and D.Rathanadiwakara with contributions from P. Malik, J.Wilson, L.C.Salazar and M. Knight John), 2008. available at: www.lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/lirneasia-tre-paper-for-tprc-v8.pdf

Reports

• “Articulating and Mainstreaming Appropriate Agricultural Trade Policies” (with Parakrama Samaratunga and Manoj Thibbotuwawa), prepared for and funded by Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), 2010.

• “Understanding the Conditions for Change in State-owned Enterprises: A Political Economy Perspective on Reforms in Selected Entities in the Energy and Transportation Sector (with M. Knight-John), prepared for and funded by the World Bank, 2008.

• “Measuring ICT Sector and Regulatory Performance” (with M. Knight-John and I. Siriwardena), prepared for and funded by LIRNEasia and IDRC, 2008.

• “Catch-up Education in Sri Lanka” (with N. Arunatilake, P. Jayawardena, and C. Dharmadasa), prepared for and funded by the Ministry of Education and the UNICEF, 2008.

• “Economic Feasibility of Weerawila Airport” (with G. Gunasekera), Sri Lanka Economic Association, 2007.

Presentations

The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement and the Agriculture Sector in Sri Lanka
Agricultural Economic Research Forum
University of Peradeniya
17 December,2010.

Telecom Regulatory and Policy Environment in Sri Lanka: Results and Analysis of the 2008 Survey
Organized by LIRNEasia
Colombo, Sri Lanka
29 August, 2008.

Issues and Constraints in TRE Survey and Indicators
Organized by LIRNEasia
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
10 May, 2008.

Principle Issues and Constraints in the Energy and Transportation Sectors
Organized by the IPS
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
12 February, 2008.

Local Loop Unbundling in Sri Lanka: Issues and Challenges
Organized by the Telecom Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
30 March, 2007.

Training

Telecom Reform: Strategies to Achieve Connectivity and Convergence
organized by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Pvt. Ltd,
Singapore
10-14 June, 2008.

An Expert Forum on ICT Sector Indicators and Benchmark Regulations for SAARC Regulatory Authorities,
organized by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Pte.Ltd, Singapore
15 June, 2008.