Research
Publications
Studies
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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
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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.
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National and Household Food Security in Sri Lanka. Sanderatne, N.
& De Silva, S. 2014.
Edited Volumes
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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
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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&
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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=
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Comparative Perspectives: Gendered Dimensions of
Wellbeing. Kariyawasam,
S. 2014. Working Paper No. 20. Published in English, Sinhala and Tamil
Journal Articles
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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.
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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
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On Driving Development through Innovation in a Young
World by Prashanthi Jayasekara in the Economic Review, Vol 40, Nos. 01-02
(pgs. 10-15)
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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.
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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.
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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
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“Re-imagining Dependency: An Ode to Unpopular Economics’. By Mathew Withers (a PhD student working at CEPA part time). Published
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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
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in Colombo Telegraph on 21/02/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-dependency-an-ode-to-unpopular-economics/
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in The Island on 11/03/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=99492
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“Relationship between Development and Religion”. By Rasika Sumudu Jayasinghe for CEPA. Published
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in the Daily Mirror on 01/03/2014. http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/43865-relationship-between-development-and-religion.html
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in Colombo Telegraph on 03/03/2014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-the-relationship-between-development-and-religion/
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in The Island on 21/03/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=100107
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Press release on CEPA
lecture on “Religious Freedom and the Law in Sri Lanka: An Introspect into the
proposed anti-conversion bill” Published
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in
the Daily Mirror on 04/03/2014
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in
the Colombo Telegraph on 03/032014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/reimagining-the-relationship-between-development-and-religion/
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in The Island on the 21/03/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=100107
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Press release on Dr. Vagisha Gunasekera’s presentation on the SDC housing
study at an international conference on post shelter reconstruction. Published
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in the Sunday
Times 30/03/2014. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140330/sunday-times-2/international-conference-on-post-shelter-reconstruction-90819.html
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“How much is that bottle of water?” By Thahira Cader for CEPA. Published
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in the Daily Mirror on
07/04/2014 http://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-opinion/45556-how-much-is-that-bottle-of-water-.html
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in the Colombo Telegraph on 07/04/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/how-much-is-that-bottle-of-water/
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in The Island on 17/04/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article- details&page=article-details&code_title=101675
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Press release on CEPAs 50th Open Forum. Published
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in The Island on 25/04/2014 http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article- details&code_title=102124
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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
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Credibility of Sri Lankan data questioned due to lack of transparency”. Published in the
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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
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“Women in Politics and Their Representation in the Media.” Published
in
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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
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the Colombo Telegraph 05/05/2014 https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/women-in-politics-and-their-representation-in-the-media
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in The Island on 07/05/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=102816
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Press
release on the Dissemination of the resource profile in Mullativu.
Published in
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Yarl Thinnakural on 22/05/2014. http://epaper.thinakkural.lk/yarl-thinakkural/index.php
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Uthayan on
22/05/2014
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“The Student Perspective.” Published in
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the Daily Mirror on
18/06/2014
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in Colombo Telegraph on 19/06/2014. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-student-perspective/
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in The Island 20/06/2014. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article- details&code_title=105368
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“Resource Profile in Mullativu.”
Published in
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Yarl Thinnakural on 22/05/2014. http://epaper.thinakkural.lk/yarl-thinakkural/index.php
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Uthayan on
22/05/2014.
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Press release on “People’s Spaces: Beyond the Intellectual Cloud Cover”. Published in the Daily Mirror on 05/08/2014.
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“The
challenges to post war development in Asia and Africa” Published in
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The
Island on 12/08/2014.
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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
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“Gender & post-conflict development: Experiences
of female-headed households.” Published in
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The Island on 26/08/2014. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article- details&page=article-details&code_title=109106
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“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
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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
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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
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“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
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“Role Of Private Sector In Post War Sri Lanka : Challenges & Lessons”. by Eranga Amunugama
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/role-of-private-sector-in-post-war-sri-lanka-
challenges-lessons/
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“Post-war development shouldn’t bear imprint
of conflict” by Mira Philips. Published in
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The
Island on 23/10/2014. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=112617
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“Remembering
the re-imaginings of two eminent Sri Lankans: Gamani Corea and Ray Wijewardene” by Priyanthi Fernando. Published in
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The
Island on 07/11/2014. http://island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=113620
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in
the Sunday Times on 09/11/2014
Thaara Paara (all the
articles appear on page 6 in the Raavaya newspaper)
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සුපිරි නගරයකට අකමැති කව්ද. Published on 30/03/2014.
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මනුස්සකමේ ගී රාවය Published on 22/06/2014.
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ක සාගරෙය ර උපත Published 13/04/2014.
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රෙට් යහපත සඳහා රාජ්ය අනාගමික විය යුතුයි (Ratey yahapatha sandaha rajya anaagamika viya yuthui) Published on 13/07/2014.
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මරබිෙයන් පසු ණය බර (marabiyen pasu naya bara).
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ආර්ථික
සංවර්ධනය හා
දමිළ ගැටලුව by Kalana Senaratne for CEPA. Published
on the 12/10/2014.
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poverty මොහොතකින්
ඔබ්බට.
Based on an article by Mira Philips.
Lanka Monthly Digest
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“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/
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“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/
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“The Energy debate: Time is running out on us”
by Karin Fernando. June 2014..
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“Gender Sensitive Funding – A review of policy
considerations on women and micro finance”. Tehani Ariyaratne. July 2014.
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“The gleaners of Kinniya: Why
the inclusion of women in fisheries related work is essential”. By Gayathri Lokuge. August 2014.
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“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
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“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/
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“Debt balloon in the North: Private sector intervention
can reduce indebtedness in the North”. By K. Romeshun.
November 2014..
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“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)
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සුරක්ෂිත සංක්රමණික ප්රතිපත්තියක අවශ්යතාව by Geetha Harshini. Published in the Jan – March 2014 issue.
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කම දැ මට ස ෙස ය by Sunil Jayasekera based on the post-2015 agenda was published in April – June issue.
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සුපිරි නගරයකට අකමැති කව්ද ? (Supiri nagarayakat akamathi kawuda?) Published in the July-September issue.
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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
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“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-
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‘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
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“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
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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
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“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
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“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.
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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
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“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/
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in Colombo Telegraph. June
24. https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/life-and-debt/
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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
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Priyanthi Fernando did an interview with the Raavaya newspaper which was published on 9th January 2014.
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“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
