Topics
   
Chairperson’s Message
CEPA at a Glance
Highlights of 2014
  Introduction
  Knowledge Generation
  Knowledge-Practice Mobilisation
  Knowledge-Policy Engagement
  Financial Review
  Development Fund
  Governance and Management
  Key Performance Indicators
  Partner Organisations and Associations
CEPA People
  Board of Directors
  Subscribing Members
  CEPA Team
Audited Accounts
  Report of the Audit Committee
  Audited Accounts
Annexure 1
– Projects & Assignments
Annexure 2
– Communication Outputs


Annexure 2

Research Publications

Studies

1         Life and Debt: Assessing Indebtedness and Socio-Economic Conditions of Conflict Affected Housing Beneficiaries in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mulativu Districts. (English) -   K. Romeshun, Mohamed Munas and Vagisha Gunasekera – E-publication

2         Land Acquisition, Livelihoods and food security: two case studies from Sri Lanka (published date of record: June 2012). The study was funded by Oxfam Australia and was only released for public circulation in February 2014. The authors of the compilation of papers are: Gayathri Lokuge, Mohamed Munas, Basith Inadeen & Nayana Godamunne.

3         National and Household Food Security in Sri Lanka.  Sanderatne, N. & De Silva, S. 2014. 

Edited Volumes

4         You May Say I’m a Dreamer…Essays on Reimagining Development.  Vagisha Gunasekara and Roshni Alles (eds.) 2014. Edited Volume No. 15.  Colombo. Centre for Poverty Analysis. 86pp.

Working Papers

5         Resettlement of conflict-induced IDPs in Northern Sri Lanka: Political economy of state policy and practice. Chamindry Saparamadu and Aftab Lall. Working Paper 10 as part of the Secure Livelihoods and Research Consortium study.  http://www.securelivelihoods.org/publications_details.aspx?resourceid=268&

6         Surveying livelihoods service delivery and governance - baseline evidence from Sri Lanka. Geetha Mayadunne, Richard Mallett and Jessica Hagen-Zanker. Working paper published by SLRC . Downloadable from the SLRC site.http://www.securelivelihoods.org/publications_details.aspx?resourceid=318&search=1&Themes=&Country=5&Organisation=&Author=&PublicationType=&Keyword=&DateFrom=&DateTo=

7         Comparative Perspectives: Gendered Dimensions of Wellbeing.  Kariyawasam, S. 2014. Working Paper No. 20. Published in English, Sinhala and Tamil

Journal Articles

8         Development for whom? Reimagining urban development in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Nayana Godamunne. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal. Special issue focusing on “People, Planet and Politics: Addressing the Challenges of Social and Environmental Sustainability in Towns and Cities". Vol. 8, No. 02, Winter 2014-15.

9         Shocks and coping strategies of coastal communities in war–conflict-affected areas of the north and east of Sri Lanka. Mohammed Munas, Gayathri Lokuge. Regional Environmental Change. May 2014. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-014-0632-x; 1007/s10113-014-0632-x; 1436-378X; Springer Berlin Heidelberg

10     On Driving Development through Innovation in a Young World by Prashanthi Jayasekara in the Economic Review, Vol 40, Nos. 01-02 (pgs. 10-15)

11     Development and Displacement: The National Involuntary Resettlement Policy (NIRP) in Practice" by Nayana Godamunee. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 35/36, Nos. 1&2 (Pgs. 37-50). NSF:Colombo.

12     CENTRE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS & PEOPLE’S BANK. Making Sustainability the Next Metric, Special issue of the CEPA Symposium papers published in collaboration with the People's Bank, Economic Review, vol. 39, nos. 5-6 & 7-8.

13     GUNASEKARA, V. 2013. Life on the Margins: Putting Inequality at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Economic Review, vol. 39, nos. 5-6 & 7-8, pp. 26-29.

Discussion Paper

GODAMUNNE, N. 2014. UNDP Human Development Report 2014:Sustaining Human Progress:Reducing vulnerabilities and building resilience:Relevance for Sri Lanka.

 

Poverty/Policy & Thematic Briefs

Poverty Briefs

1.     Overview of Poverty 2013 (Sinhala) – revised by Ishara Rathnayake

2.     Overview of Poverty 2013 (Tamil) – revised by Ishara Rathnayake

3.     Rathnayake, I. Urban Poverty in Sri Lanka – (Tamil – in print)

 

Thematic Briefs

4.     Social Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth (Sinhala) – Priyanthi Fernando & Mansi Kumarasiri

5.     Social Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth (Tamil) – Priyanthi Fernando & Mansi Kumarasiri

6.     Najab, N. and Munas, M. Policy Responses to a Changing Migration. Thematic Brief No. 2 (English/Sinhala/Tamil) – in print

 

 

Print Media

Newspaper Articles

1          Re-imagining Dependency: An Ode to Unpopular Economics’. By Mathew Withers (a PhD student working at CEPA part time). Published

-          in the Daily Mirror on 15/02/2014. http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/43144-re-imagining-dependency-an-ode-to-unpopular-economics-.html

-          in Colombo Telegraph on 21/02/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-dependency-an-ode-to-unpopular-economics/

-          in The Island on 11/03/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=99492

2         “Relationship between Development and Religion”. By Rasika Sumudu Jayasinghe for CEPA. Published

-          in the Daily Mirror on 01/03/2014. http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/43865-relationship-between-development-and-religion.html

-          in Colombo Telegraph on 03/03/2014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-the-relationship-between-development-and-religion/

-          in The Island on 21/03/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=100107

3         Press release on  CEPA lecture on “Religious Freedom and the Law in Sri Lanka: An Introspect into the proposed anti-conversion bill” Published

-          in the Daily Mirror on 04/03/2014

-          in the Colombo Telegraph on 03/032014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-the-relationship-between-development-and-religion/

-          in The Island on the 21/03/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=100107

4         Press release on  Dr. Vagisha Gunasekera’s presentation on  the SDC housing study at an international conference on post shelter reconstruction. Published

-          in the  Sunday Times 30/03/2014. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140330/sunday-times-2/international-conference-on-post-shelter-reconstruction-90819.html

5         “How much is that bottle of water?” By Thahira Cader for CEPA. Published

-          in the Daily Mirror on 07/04/2014 http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/45556-how-much-is-that-bottle-of-water-.html

-          in the Colombo Telegraph on  07/04/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/how-much-is-that-bottle-of-water/

-          in The  Island  on  17/04/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article- details&page=article-details&code_title=101675

6         Press release on CEPAs 50th Open Forum. Published

-          in The Island on 25/04/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article- details&code_title=102124

-          in Daily Mirror on 26/04/2014 http://dailymirrorepaper.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=f85be85a-

78e6-49a7-8e8b 0b7e2aedee84&key=jcfvB1HP9B4bEbRfT%2fDXkA%3d%

3d&issue=86102014042600000000001001

7         Credibility of Sri Lankan data questioned due to lack of transparency”. Published in the

-          Sunday Times paper of 11/05/2014. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140511/business-times/credibility-of-sri-lankan-data-questioned-due-to-lack-of-transparency-98334.html

8         “Women in Politics and Their Representation in the Media.” Published in

-          the Daily Mirror on 03/05/2014.http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/46636-women-in-politics-and-their-representation-in-the-media.html

-          the Colombo Telegraph 05/05/2014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/women-in-politics-and-their-representation-in-the-media

-          in The Island on 07/05/2014.  http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=102816

9         Press release on the Dissemination of the resource profile in Mullativu. Published in

-          Yarl Thinnakural on 22/05/2014. http://epaper.thinakkural.lk/yarl-thinakkural/index.php

-          Uthayan on 22/05/2014

10     “The Student Perspective.” Published in

-          the Daily Mirror on 18/06/2014

-          in Colombo Telegraph on 19/06/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-student-perspective/

-          in The Island 20/06/2014.  http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article- details&code_title=105368

11     “Resource Profile in Mullativu.” Published in

-          Yarl Thinnakural on 22/05/2014. http://epaper.thinakkural.lk/yarl-thinakkural/index.php

-          Uthayan on 22/05/2014.

12     Press release on “People’s Spaces:  Beyond  the Intellectual Cloud  Cover”. Published in the Daily Mirror on 05/08/2014.

13     “The challenges to post war development in Asia and Africa” Published in

-          The Island on 12/08/2014.

-          The Sunday Times  on 17/08/2014. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140817/business-times/challenges-to-post-war-development-in- asia-
and-africa-110712.html

14     “Gender & post-conflict development: Experiences of female-headed households.” Published in

-          The Island on 26/08/2014.  http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article- details&page=article-details&code_title=109106

15     Kannagi-Pattini - a Symbol of Resilience to the Women Left Behind” by Prashanthi Jayasekara. Published in the Huffington Post on 17/09/2014.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/prashanthi-jayasekara/kannagipattini- a-symbol-o_b_5830162.html

16     A closer look at Sri Lanka’s poverty figures: are we reading them right? by Nilakshi de Silva based on a presentation by Mr Nanayakkara
on the HIES 2009/2010 data. Published in

-          the Island on 16.09.2013 http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=88119
the Daily Mirror 20.09.2013 Business section (page 5)
<http://dailymirrorepaper.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showarticle.aspx?article=62333bee-67b3-41d9-a576-c87763c268ca&key=B6%2f9dA1HgvSKbtWSoFodQw%3d%3d&issue=86102013092000000000001001

17     “When 'Development' Is Only Straightforward: The Untold Story of Mr. Mendis” by Prashanthi Jayasekara. Published in the Huffington Post o
o n 24/09/2014.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/prashanthi-jayasekara/when-development-is-only-_b_5867340.html

18     “Role Of Private Sector In Post War Sri Lanka : Challenges & Lessons”.  by Eranga Amunugama
  
http
s://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/role-of-private-sector-in-post-war-sri-lanka-

challenges-lessons/

19      “Post-war development shouldn’t bear imprint of conflict” by Mira Philips. Published in

-          The Island on 23/10/2014. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=112617

20     “Remembering the re-imaginings of two eminent Sri Lankans: Gamani Corea and Ray Wijewardene” by Priyanthi Fernando. Published in

-          The Island on 07/11/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=113620

-          in the Sunday Times on 09/11/2014

 

Thaara Paara (all the articles appear on page 6 in the Raavaya newspaper)

21     සුපිරි නගරයකට අකමැති කව්ද. Published on 30/03/2014. 

22     මනුස්සකමේ ගී රාවය  Published on 22/06/2014.

23     සාගරෙය උපත Published 13/04/2014.

24     රෙට්  යහපත  සඳ    අනමික  වි  යුතයි  (Ratey yahapatha sandaha rajya anaagamika viya yuthui) Published on 13/07/2014.

25     මරබිෙන්  පස ණය බර (marabiyen pasu naya bara).

26     ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනය හා දමිළ ගැටලුව by Kalana Senaratne for CEPA. Published on the 12/10/2014.

27     poverty මොහොතකින් ඔබ්බට. Based on an article by Mira Philips.

 

Lanka Monthly Digest

28     “A Question of Compensation: Forced evictions and the dilemma of determining what to pay for it”, by Nilakshi de Silva. January 2014 pp. 89.
http://cepa.lk/index.php?option=com_publications&view=publication&id=228

29     “Equity and infrastructure: The benefits of infrastructure projects must be shared equitably”, by Mansi Kumarasiri. February 2014.
 http://cepa.lk/index.php?option=com_publications&view=publication&id=230

30     “Goals: testing the waters: Exploring the role of private sector in the next global development goals”, by Karin Fernando. March 2014 pp.88-89.
http://cepa.lk/index.php?option=com_publications&view=publication&id=234

31     “Raise the Rural Utilities Bar: Access to services in the Northern Province is now a high priority” by Aftab Lall. April, 2014.
http://lmd.lk/2014/04/01/rural-services/

32     “Human face of Capitalism: Doing well or doing good: A closer look at the rudiments of CSR  by Vagisha Gunasekara. May 2014.
http://lmd.lk/2014/05/01/human-face-of-capitalism/

33      “The Energy debate: Time is running out on us” by Karin Fernando. June 2014..

34     “Gender Sensitive Funding – A review of policy considerations on women and micro finance”. Tehani Ariyaratne. July 2014.

35     “The gleaners of Kinniya: Why the inclusion of women in fisheries related work is essential”. By Gayathri Lokuge. August 2014.

36     “Misunderstood  and  Misused:  How  diaspora  groups  can  help  in  the  country’s  recovery process.” By Mohamed Munas and Nadhiya Najab.
September 2014 issue.. Published on page 81

37     “How green is ecotourism: why travelers must influence the tourism industry to go green”. By Karin Fernando. October 2014.
http://lmd.lk/2014/10/01/tourism-greenwash/

38     “Debt balloon in the North: Private sector intervention can reduce indebtedness in the North”. By K. Romeshun. November 2014..

39     “Adapting to Climate Change. Building Adaptive Capacity Throught a Coordinated Effort by Actors” By Amila Balasuriya and Roshni Alles. December 2014.

 

Articles in Dirimaga (Sinhala magazine of the Lanka Monthly Digest)

 

39     සුරක‍ෂි සංක‍රමණි‍රතිපත්තිය අවශ‍යතා by Geetha Harshini. Published in the Jan – March 2014 issue.

40     කම     දැ   මට        ෙස    by Sunil Jayasekera based on the post-2015 agenda was published in April – June issue.

41     සුපිරි රයකට අකමති කව් ? (Supiri nagarayakat akamathi kawuda?) Published in the July-September issue.

42     ණය බරින් මිරිකෙන දිළිඳු ජනතාව - යුද්ධයෙන් පීඩාවට පත්ව හිස ඔසවන වැසියන් ණය උගුලක සිර නොකර ඔවුන් එයින්
මුදවාගැනීමේ අවශ්යතාව CEPA අවධාරණය කරයි the article based on the Debt Study was published in the Oct- Dec 2014 issue.

 

 

Blogs

43     “The challenges to post war development in Asia and Africa” by Mira Philips. The article was also shared via the SLRC blog and circulated among the network.

 http://www.securelivelihoods.org/blogpost/65/The-challenges-to-post-war-development-in-Asia-and-Africa-

44     Outside the net’: Women’s participation in fishing activities in Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka.

by Gayathri Lokuge on the SLRC site http://www.securelivelihoods.org/blogs_entry.aspx?id=56

45     “Women in the local economy in post war Sri Lanka” by Priyanthi Fernando, was posted on the SLRC blog on 02.07.2014. The link to the article http://www.securelivelihoods.org/blogpost/62/Women-in-the-local-economy-in-post-war-Sri-Lanka

46     A press release: යුද්ධෙයන් පසු සංවර්ධනය: ජාත්යන්තර සමුළුවක් (Yuddhayen pasu sangwardanaya) about CEPAs annual symposium was published in the BBC Sandeshaya on 31.08.2014. Link to the  article  online: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/sri_lanka/2014/08/140831_colombo_post-

war_conference.shtml?s

47     “Post-war development in Northern Sri Lanka: why some people are unable to return to their lands” was written by Aftab Lal for the SLRC blog. http://www.securelivelihoods.org/blogpost/52/-Post-war-development-in-Northern-Sri-Lanka-why-some-people-are-unable-to-return-to-their-lands

48     “Evaluating the E01: The Highs and Lows of Sri Lanka’s First Highway”
Mansi Kumarasiri and Tehani Ariyaratne made 2 contributions (of a total of 5) to a collaborative week-long series initiated by Nushelle de Silva from MIT, on the lessons and experiences of E01.

49     The first two posts were also picked up by an external site/blog the Smithsonian.com where they cite from Nushelle’s first article and the second article by CEPA

 

 

Other

1         “Bottom Up” by Echelon magazine published on 16.02.2014, mentions CEPA in the article and Karin Fernando in connection with the study on the tea plantations. http://www.echelon.lk/home/bottom-up/

2         “Comparison of post war development in Nepal and Sri Lanka”. The article was written by Muttukrishna Sarvananthan The article was published in the Sunday Times on 07.09.2014.

3         “Govt. infiltrating civil society space”. The article was written by journalist  Ruwan Laknath Jayakody at the Ceylon Today based on the symposium presentation by Dr Harini Amarasuriya.

4         http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-72453-news-detail-govt-infiltrating-civil-society-space.html

5          “Life and Debt.” By C. Ratwatte, based on the Debt study was published

6         in the Daily Financial Times. June 24. http://www.ft.lk/2014/06/24/life-and-debt/

7         in Colombo Telegraph. June 24. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/life-and-debt/

8         An interview of Udan Fernando by CSTEP India was published in the first issue of Aditi (bulletin) which was commissioned by TTI/IDRC page 4-5 http://www.cstep.in/sites/default/files/Aditi_Bulletin_March2014.pdf

9         Priyanthi Fernando did an interview with the Raavaya newspaper which was published on 9th January 2014.

10     Samurdhi study reveals shortcomings! Primarily in North and East” Article by Ruwan Laknath Jayakody of the Ceylon Today based on Nayana Godamunne’s presentation at the symposium. The article was published on 19.09.2014 and the article can be viewed online via http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-73356-news-detail-samurdhi-study-reveals-shortcomings-primarily-in-north-and-east.html


 

Audio Visual Outputs

1         Vagisha Gunesekara was interviewed for a radio programme on Lak FM which was aired on

08.07.2014 at 11.45.  The topic was post-war development in Sri Lanka.

2         Udan Fernando was interviewed by Narada Bakmeemana from YA Tv on the programme 3d

thrimana’ in Sinhala. He spoke about the public spaces with regard to his Mount Lavinia beach study (පොද  වකාශ හා ජීවිත). The interview was first aired on TNL at 1930hrs on 07.08.2014.

The link to the online video  http://vimeo.com/102895317

 

Social Media

Cepa site: 364 unique views

Facebook: new likes: 275  Unique page views: 64542

Twitter: unique page visits: 3132  mentions: 354   new followers: 336

 

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