‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 2012’ e-book released
An e-book of the ‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 2012’ containing summary information and visuals of the 7 key chapters is now available for free download. This e-book also contains links to a video presentation of the main highlights of the report.
Gender Equality in Human Development: What’s Holding Sri Lanka Back?
Fixing poor political representation and low labour force participation of women in Sri Lanka can boost the country’s human development indicators, argues Sunimalee Madurawala, Research Officer at IPS. According to the Sri Lanka Human Development Report 2012, launched recently …
‘The Jobs Challenge’ – Videos from our Expert Voices Panel Discussion
For those of you who missed the ‘Talking Economics’ Expert Voices panel on “The Jobs Challenge” held in August, here it is in a three part video series. The event featured 5 interesting panelists sharing their expert views and around 50 audience members who actively engaged in the discussion and asked incisive questions.
Video: Sri Lanka National Human Development Report 2012
The UNDP recently launched the National Human Development Report 2012 for Sri Lanka recently, and in this video the Lead Author of the report, IPS Research Fellow Dr. Nisha Arunatilake talks about the main issues discussed in it. IPS …
Giving Tourism a Green Shade: Studying Environmental Practices in Sri Lanka’s Hotels
Marking World Tourism Day 2012, Kanchana Wickramasinghe discusses a pioneering new study that attempts to measure the impact on the environment of Sri Lanka’s booming tourist hotel sector.
Demystifying Hawala/Undiyal – The Not So Dismal Science:[…] believed that informal fund transfer operations in Sri Lanka have expanded considerably due to the wide gap between the…