• Publications
  
  
• Reports
  
  
• Presentations
  
  
• Training
  

Publications

• “Trade Poverty Nexus in Maldives”, (with J. Dissanayake), Trade Liberalization and Poverty in South Asia in in Bandara, J.S., Athukorala, P. and Kelegama, S., (eds.) Trade and Poverty in South Asia, Routledge, London, 2010 (forthcoming).

• “Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka”, (with J. Wijayasiri,), ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No.65, May 2009.

• “Generalized System of Preferences (GSP+) and its Impacts on the Sri Lankan Economy”, Economic Review, Vol.35 (3&4) June/July 2009.

Reports

• “Trade and Investment Opportunities in Sri Lanka for the Thai Business Community”, (with D. de Mel), prepared for and funded by the Royal Thai Embassy, Colombo, 2009.

• “Assessing and Reformulating SAARC Road Map”, (with J. Wijayasiri and J. Dissanayake), prepared for the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, Bangladesh, 2008.

Presentations

Challenges of the Trade Facilitation Mechanism in South Asia
“Trade Facilitation: Issues and Constraints in South Asia” organized by SAARC CCI and FCCISL
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
19 August, 2009.

Impact of IT in Trade Facilitation on SMEs in Sri Lanka
“Regional Policy Forum on Trade Facilitation and SMEs in Times of Crisis” organized by UNESCAP and World Bank
Beijing, China,
20-22 May, 2009.

Maldives Country Study on Migration, Remittances and Development Nexus in South Asia
“Migration, Remittances and Development. Nexus in South Asia” organized by IPS and FES
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
4-5 May, 2009.

Sri Lankan Experience in Enhancing Export Competitiveness through Trade and Transport Facilitation
Experts Group Meeting on “Trade and Transport Facilitation on Export Competitiveness” organized by the UNESCAP
Yangzhou, China,
25-26 September 2008

Trade-Poverty Nexus in the Maldives
“Trade-Poverty Nexus in South Asia”, organized by IPS and FES
Colombo, Sri Lanka,
28-29 May, 2008.

Training

ESCAP/WTO ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research
organized by UNESCAP and WTO.
Bangkok, Thailand.
22-26 June, 2009.

National Level Capacity Building in Trade and Gender: Training of Trainers
organized by RIS, Department of Commerce India, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the IIFT.
New Delhi, India.
28-30 April 2009.

ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research: “Behind the Border” Gravity Modelling
organized by UNESCAP.
Bangkok, Thailand,
15-19 December, 2008.

SAWTEE-SANEM South Asian Training Programme on CGE Modeling
SAWTEE and SANEM.
Kathmandu, Nepal,
14-18 July 2008.