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Samararatne, Thilak. "Exchange rate policy options for Sri Lanka in the context of financial integration." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1857.

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Global financial integration, which took a U turn following the Second World War and experienced a rapid growth since the 1970s has been one of the most important developments in international economic relations in the recent past. The integration of capital, goods, and labour markets across national borders brings about benefits as well challenges. The recent experience in the South East Asian countries vividly exemplifies the possible implications of financial globalisation. Foreign capital inflows into these countries not only supplemented domestic saving but also provided a ready market for finished products and diffused technological innovations that led to substantial improvement in well-being of nations. The financial crisis in 1997 /98 however devastated most of these economies that had some important ramifications on social and political fronts as well. Even though the debate has been far from conclusive as to the fundamental causes for the crisis, it aptly shows the challenges faced by the countries that have financially integrated. As "impossible trinity" shows financial integration, monetary policy, and exchange rate policy are interrelated issues. Accordingly, with increasing financial globalisation countries should opt for either exchange rate flexibility or fixity. Following the Asian financial crisis a new twist was added into these policy prescriptions due to the advancement of what is known as the "hollowing out the middle hypothesis" according to which financial globalisation had made the intermediate exchange rate incompatible and therefore countries should move to either fixed or flexible corners. This re-ignited the age-old debate on the choice of appropriate exchange rate policy. Sri Lanka since 1977 has been cautiously moving towards a market economy. Current account convertibility was achieved by the mid-1990s. Even though there are still some restrictions especially on hot money flows, capital account also has been progressively liberalised. The exchange rate policy by 2001 evolved to an officially declared free float. The transition to freely floating was done as a crisis preventive measure despite the fact that the exchange rate policy movement had been towards the flexible corner. In this situation the obvious concern over the appropriateness of a freely floating regime to Sri Lanka motivated this research. Thus the main objective of this thesis is to analyse the appropriate foreign exchange regime for Sri Lanka given the prevailing economic conditions and the overall economic objectives and strategies. Two analytical procedures were used in this thesis in analysing the appropriate exchange rate regime. First, the past performance of various exchange rate policies that have been followed was evaluated based on an analysis of real exchange rate misalignment. Second, recent experience with exchange rate regime choice of a large number of countries was evaluated. The lessons garnered from these analyses in combination with the existing economic conditions and broad economic objectives were used in drawing the final conclusions. Even though the lessons that can be drawn from the other country experience have been far less illuminating than expected, overall findings favour a more flexible exchange rate regime for Sri Lanka
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Paudel, Ramesh Chandra. "Financial liberalisation in Sri Lanka an econometric analysis /." Access electronically, 2007. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080124.115257/index.html.

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Ravinthirakumaran, Kalaichelvi. "Essays on the Impact of FDI on the Sri Lankan Economy." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367061.

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Sri Lanka is a developing country that is currently on the recovery path from 30 years of civil war. With the conclusion of hostilities in 2009, one of the main priorities of the Sri Lankan government has been to focus on major infrastructure improvements to boost its economic development. It has huge external debt stocks and low gross domestic savings. Sri Lanka considers attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as one of the strategies for sourcing funding for its major infrastructure projects, as it has been an important source of external financing for Sri Lanka since the introduction of the open economic policy in 1977. Therefore, understanding the role of FDI in the Sri Lankan economy is crucial for academic researchers and policy makers in the government and private sectors. A review of previous research studies on FDI in Sri Lanka clearly shows that there is a lack of knowledge relating to FDI and its effects on the Sri Lankan economy. Therefore, the main focus of the thesis is to examine the impact of FDI on the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as well as on the individual sectors of the Sri Lankan economy.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
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Agalewatte, Tikiri Bandara. "Competitive industry policy for economic development in Sri Lanka lessons from East Asia /." Access electronically, 2004. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20050111.134706/index.html.

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Aponsu, Goniya Malamage Indrajith. "The effects and constraints of state influenced finance sector development in the process of industrialization and economic growth : the experience of Sri Lanka /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21254011.

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Silvia, Ginige Amala Chandini de. "The determinants of private consumption and the impact of fiscal policy : a study of Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262002.

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Haksar, Annika. "Environmental effects of economywide policies : case studies of Costa Rica and Sri Lanka." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics [Ekonomiska forskningsinstitutet vid Handelshögsk.] (EFI), 1997. http://www.hhs.se/efi/summary/452.htm.

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Jayamaha, Ranee. "The monetary transmission mechanism in Sri Lanka 1977-1985 : a macro simulation approach to the modelling of the money supply process and the construction of an analytical framework for monetary management." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4341.

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The primary objective of this thesis is to analyse the relationship between money and the macro-economy in Sri Lanka between 1977 and 1985, in order to identify the paths through which monetary policy impulses are transmitted over this period. In doing so, - we also hope to highlight the use of macro-simulation as a tool for the analysis of the monetary transmission mechanism and to emphasise the importance of formulating monetary policy within an explicit monetary control framework. This is especially important in Sri Lanka since monetary policy has been a key instrument of demand management since 1977 and historically there has been a noticeable absence of an explicit monetary control framework. Empirical research on the monetary transmission mechanism has been very limited as far as developing countries are concerned. An exception here is the SEACEN (1981) study which simulates the effects of monetary shocks on a number of South East Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, using a flexible monetarist approach. Our research is based upon a revision of the specification of this model for Sri Lanka and a more comprehensive disaggregation of the monetary transmission channels. Our empirical model produces statistical results which are generally acceptable and conform to a Priori expectations. This model is then simulated dynamically, both, to validate the equations in the context of a complete model and to quantify the impact of alternative policy scenarios relating to the monetary transmission mechanism in Sri Lanka. We believe that our results will help to shed light on the nature of the monetary transmission mechanism in developing countries as well as provide the basis for an on-going analysis of monetary management in Sri Lanka.
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Kelegama, Saman. "The consequences of economic liberalization in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306729.

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Ekanayake, Ekanayake Mudiyanselage. "The imapcts of trade policy reforms on the Sri Lankan economy." FIU Digital Commons, 1996. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3123.

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This dissertation presents an analysis of the impacts of trade policy reforms in Sri Lanka. A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model is constructed with detailed description of the domestic production structure and foreign trade. The model is then used to investigate the effects of trade policy reforms on resource allocation and welfare. Prior to 1977, Sri Lanka maintained stringent control over its imports through rigid quantitative restrictions. A new economic policy reform package was introduced in 1977, and it shifted Sri Lanka's development strategy toward an export oriented policy regime. The shift of policy focus from a restrictive trade regime toward a more open trade regime is expected to have a significant impact on the volume of external trade, domestic production structure, allocation of resources, and social welfare. Simulations are carried out to assess the effects of three major policy reforms: (1) a devaluation of the Sri Lanka rupee, (2) a partial or a complete elimination of export duties, and (3) a devaluation-cum-removal of export duties. Simulation results indicate that the macroeconomic impact of a devaluation-cum-removal of export duties can be substantial. They also suggest that the resource-pull effects of a devaluation and a devaluation-cum-export duty removal policy are significant. However, the model shows that a devaluation combined with an export duty reduction is likely to be a superior strategy.
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Nallainayagam, Vettivelu. "Economic development and income distribution : the experience of Sri Lanka, 1953-1978." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72820.

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Gunasekera, Arosha Indika. "Achieving rural development in Sri Lanka through a systematic model : microfinance and women's empowerment." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708366.

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Panditharante, Chandani. "An Appropriate Climate Change Adaptation Policy for Sri Lanka." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365811.

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This thesis focuses on an appropriate national climate change adaptation policy for Sri Lanka. An extensive multidisciplinary literature review guides the thesis in defining ‘appropriate’ climate change adaptation, and in determining a developmental paradigm on which an adaptation policy could be based. The thesis also sets out a policy process framework for developing an appropriate adaptation policy. The thesis draws on a wide array of literature and on policy actor understandings of adaptation policy content and processes, in order to build a theoretical basis for an appropriate climate change adaptation policy. A series of semi-structured in-depth interviews, carried out in Sri Lanka, were used as the primary source of empirical data. Together with these, review of a broad range of policy documents, budgetary information and status reports, helped provide rigour to the analysis. Use of theoretical literature and of multiple information sources allowed the research to generate credible, rich, and transferable findings.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
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Wijerathna, W. M. Deeptha Bandara. "Place-Based versus Place-Neutral Policies for Promoting Regionally Balanced Economic Growth: A Sri Lankan Case using CGE based Simulations." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367156.

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Development thinking has evolved over the time, and the role of space in economic growth and regional equity in economic development has become increasingly emphasized. While some reports, such as World Bank (2009), suggest resolution of the spatial problem by redistributing a part of the income generated in urbanized and agglomerated areas, some other reports and authors such as Barca (2012) have highlighted the importance of place-based policies for this purpose. The post 2015 development agenda of the United Nations also highlights the issue of regional equity. According to the literature on the economics of conflict, regional disparities in economic development can be one of the root causes for many conflicts -- while these conflicts can in turn contribute to further widening of those disparities. Sri Lanka is not an exception in this regard. Although regionally balanced economic growth is accepted as contributing to a cure for both problems, thus far rigorous quantitative studies analysing appropriate policy measures for reducing regional disparities whilst maintaining steady economic growth at the national level are lacking. Selection and implementation of an appropriate analytical tool to carry out such an analysis is another gap in the literature.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
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Balasuriya, Gunawardana. "An economic analysis of farm household pluriactivity in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1999. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU116445.

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Experience in Sri Lanka has shown that agricultural development alone is not capable of significantly improving farm family welfare. Studies conducted elsewhere have shown that when farm households members were pluriactive, they were generally able to enhance their well-being. The objectives of this study are to examine the factors that determine the decisions of farm operators and their wives to be pluriactive in Sri Lanka and assess the effects of farm household pluriactivity on technical efficiency of farming. Off-farm labour supply decisions of farm operators and their wives were explained theoretically, using household production theory. Data collected from 240 farm households, randomly selected from four villagers, were used to test the models. First, determinants of pluriactivity of farm operators and their wives were estimated separately for farm operators and their wives, using both a logit model and a probit model. Second, a bivariate probit model was used to estimate the determinants of pluriactivity of farm operators and their wives together, considering simultaneity of their decisions. Individual, farm and household characteristics influenced mainly farm operators decisions to be pluriactive, whereas individual, household and locational characteristics were more important for wives' decisions. Income from pluriactivity was a major contributor to the well-being of most farm households. However, pluriactive income appears to increase income inequality among farm households. The impact of pluriactivity on technical efficiency of farming was examined by estimating the farm-level technical efficiency of rice production, using the frontier production function technique and then using ANOVA. A positive association was observed between the technical efficiency of rice production and pluriactivity of farm households. Pluriactivity can be seen as a major contributor to household well-being and future strategies to alleviate poverty in rural areas must recognise the potential gains arising from increasing pluriactivity.
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Wehella, Madura Mangalika. "School-based management initiatives in Sri Lanka : policy into practice." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/51349/.

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This thesis evaluates the policy intentions, practices and effects of two different types of School-Based Management (SBM) initiatives in Sri Lanka: the Programme for School Improvement (PSI) and the Child-Friendly Schools Initiative (CFSI). Moreover, it examines the similarities and differences between these two initiatives and, when they co-exist in the same school, the ways in which schools have integrated them. PSI is the national SBM initiative of Sri Lanka introduced to the schools during 2006-2011 following a prolonged process of designing and consensus building which started in the 1990s. Running parallel to PSI, the CFSI - a rights-based approach to education which also has SBM features - is being implemented in selected primary schools. The policy discourse of SBM/PSI focused on the proposition that schools should be empowered to meet the expectations of their communities and that the administrative decentralisation which had shifted power from national to provincial levels was not addressing adequately disparities between schools. At the same time, there was scepticism as to whether SBM would be able to address the issues of a heterogeneous school system. CFSI was introduced by UNICEF in response to the government's request to strengthen disadvantaged schools. The policy intentions of these two initiatives were investigated through interviews with key policy officials and with the representatives of development partner agencies who assisted PSI and CFSI. The influences of the policy-intents of PSI and CFSI on organisational practices, their effects, similarities, differences and complementarities were explored through six school case studies and experiences of the principals, teachers and parents. The thesis reveals that PSI is expected to empower schools with autonomy for making collaborative decisions, create a sense of ownership among the school community and permit improvement of schools. CFSI is intended to promote inclusiveness, child-centredness and democratic participation. They are both, in principle, guided by the concerns for ensuring equitable opportunities for all to learn, improving the quality of education which is judged by student learning outcomes and improving efficiency in resource allocation and use. At the school level, each case-study school has forged collaboration between school-parent-community and ensured democracy in decision-making. School-based decision-making is promoted by PSI through a set of Ministry guidelines and by CFSI through a participatory approach recommended by UNICEF and the Ministry, but having less official ‘force' than PSI. Both initiatives have influenced to increase parents' contribution in the school physical infrastructure development and in the educational projects. School-based planning has been promoted by both initiatives, and in some cases has resulted in the production of two separate plans. Some schools have combined these plans in accordance with the thematic structure of national Education Sector Development Framework. These initiatives have involved principals and teachers in decision-making, planning and implementation of programmes in collaboration with the community. The emphasis given to school-based teacher development is, however inadequate. Nonetheless, the increases in attendance and retention was influenced by CFSI rather than PSI, while both initiatives have had a positive influence by improving student learning and performance through various interventions at school and learning at home. The several ways in which these initiatives are integrated by schools, ensuring that each contributes towards filling the gaps left by the other are described. Considering their complementarities, the positive features of management in PSI and rights-based approach to education in CFSI in a rational manner, the author recommends an integrated ‘Learner-Friendly School-Based Management Model' which will effectively address learners' needs. It also recommends a methodology to pilot this model in Sri Lanka, thus putting the new knowledge produced by this research into practice.
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de, Mel-O'Toole Marie Leela Chrysanthe. "The politics of language policy in Sri Lanka (1948-1976)." Thesis, de Mel-O'Toole, Marie Leela Chrysanthe (1989) The politics of language policy in Sri Lanka (1948-1976). PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1989. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50685/.

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The main aim of the thesis is to seek an adequate explanation through an analysis of current history, for the upsurgeance of the ethnic crisis in Sn Lanka, in order to do so it focuses on two related areas of conflict namely., language and education. In doing so the thesis rejects the view that the origin of the conflict is ethnic. Instead it argues that the origin of the conflict situation in Sri Lanka was in the competing claims for power between different strata within the majority Sinhalese ethnic aggregate The two main strata given prominence in the thesis are the Western educated, culturally anglicised elite and the Sinhalese educated culturally indigenous oriented new elite. The primary difference between the elite and new elite is cultural but this difference leads to several other vital economic and social differences. The theoretical concept of the Marginal Man as proposed by Stonequist is used to define the cultural differentiation of the elite from the rest of Sri Lankan society. My thesis is that they assume the role of the Marginal Man which entitles them to occupy the position of the elite at the apex of the political and social structure in order to retain this position the elite attempt to camouflage their marginality by maintaining a facade of working with the new elite. Areas of activity that had restricted the new elite to the periphery of the political arena such as language and education now become central. This strategy is seen to have two consequences Firstly, though temporarily, it camouflages the tension between the elite and new elite. Secondly it heightens the tension between the Sinhalese and Tamil aggregates. In terms of current theories of ethnic politics the thesis also rejects the definitions of the structuralist school of thought amongst scholars of ethnicity which equates an ethnic group with an ethnic aggregate. Instead it attempts to combine the structuralist and phenomenologist schools of thought in its definitions of ethnic group and ethnicity. It maintains that there are several ethnic groups in each ethnic aggregate, the basis of each formation being dependent on the awareness and consciousness of us ethnic traits. The first three chapters deal with the theoretical aspects of the thesis. The six empirical chapters illuminate the general theoretical assumptions made in the thesis. More specifically, the fourth chapter examines the status of English and the national languages between the decade before the establishment of independence and the establishment in 1936 of the Official Language legislation including the attitude of the main political parties to their status. It also examines the social and economic grounds for resentment among the new elite against the elite. The fifth and seventh chapters deal very specifically with the official status of each of the national languages. This includes the compromises made bv the elite to the new elite and the resultant effect these had on minority language rights. Chapter Seven focuses on the manner in which the official status of Sinhala Only was broadened to include areas previously not incorporated in the official language legislation. The implications of the inclusion of language legislation in the constitution of 1972 is also examined in this chapter. Chapter Six examines the attempts made bv Sinhalese dominated parties not securing a sufficient majority to form governments to establish coalition governments which cut across ethnic barriers. The primary focus of Chapter Eight is on education, both secondary and higher education. The nationalisation of schools in the early sixties is seen as another attempt bv the elite to identify with the new elite while the manipulation of university entrance procedures and policies by the ULF government of the seventies is seen as a vicious attack on a primary Tamil economic base with the objectives simultaneously of alienating the two main ethnic aggregates and reducing the elite’s alienation from the Sinhalese rural vote. Collectively these four chapters examine the rise and development of Sinhalese ethnic nationalism. Chapter Nine examines the changing role, strategies and policies of the Federal Party in its struggle to win Tamil rights. The latter sections of the chapter examine the challenge to its leadership by the Tamil youth who are disillusioned by the Party’s strategies.
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Eriksson, Gabriella, and Sofia Rudell. "Branding Sri Lanka : A case study." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-28605.

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This bachelor thesis is conducted as a Minor Field Study (MFS) in Sri Lanka, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The tourism industry have become a key factor for economic growth in several developing countries. A section of branding which refers to branding of a whole country is place branding. Place branding is seen as a complex process which involves multiple parts of the country. In order to ease for brand managers and to develop the theory of place branding, Hanna and Rowley (2011) have developed a new model of place branding. The model is named the Strategic place brand management model (SPBM- model) and consists of components which are argued to be essential parts in the process of branding a place. Developing countries have a need for place branding practices in order to create economic growth. The SPBM-model could therefore be a useful contribution to the research field of place branding in developing countries. The research questions of this research was therefore firstly to see how Sri Lanka work with the components in the SPBM-model, and second to find out which components in the SPBM-model that can be seen as important based on Sri Lankan conditions. This to answer the purpose of this thesis: explore how the SPBM-model can be applied on the process of branding Sri Lanka. The study was made through a case study of the developing country of Sri Lanka. In order to gain data, seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with officials working with branding Sri Lanka as a tourism destination. By putting the SPBM-model on the Sri Lankan place branding process it can be interpreted that all components are tightly connected to each other, and some parts seems to be more important for Sri Lanka then others. If Sri Lanka put more time and effort in the three components of infrastructure, stakeholders and evaluation, also the other six components of the SPBM-model (identity, brand experience, WOM, architecture, communication andarticulation) indirect will be affected in a positive way.
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Chandrakumara, D. P. S. "EMPLOYABILITY OF NEW GRADUATES IN SRI LANKA: Implications for Policy Development." 名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19833.

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Alailima, P. J. "The impact of public policy on the poor in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384250.

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Wijesinghe, Nadeera. "Rural Electrification - Sri Lanka: A Case study & Scenario Analysis." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-17571.

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“Rural electrification” is a key element in the global energy development agenda. While being a developing country, Sri Lanka is enroot to achieve 100% of electrification at present. After the civil war ended in 2009 which lasted for more than 25 years, there has been much focus to fulfill the energy needs of the country. But the studies carried out to assess the impact of electrification are very much limited. This study focuses on meeting the gap of carrying out a scenario analysis of rural electrification and assessing the socio economic impact of electrification. The major focus has been given to see how energy system of a newly electrified village will vary over time. The research intends to identify how far the strategies used to implement a policy is realistic in the real world. Also the research extends to apply the proposed strategies to the energy model and analyze the behavior of the model. During the study a survey was carried out in a rural village in southern part of Sri Lanka and the data obtained were used to model the energy system of the village using a software called - LEAP (Long Range Energy Alternative Planning System). The energy system is simulated under different scenarios to analyze if certain strategies in the policy have been implemented in the village. Two scenarios were energy efficient lighting and energy efficient cooking stoves. A total energy balance has been carried out for the target sample with an analysis of global warming potential of the activities of the target family. The total energy consumption variation with the electrification and the percentage of energy consumed as electricity over time has been analyzed. Further the socio economic impacts of electrification have been studied. The impact of agricultural usage and economic productivity with electricity has been studied. The qualitative measures like attitude changes, modernization & technology adaptation were addressed to the extent possible.
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Senaka-Arachchi, Ranbandara. "The problems of second generation settlers in land settlement schemes : the case of Sri Lanka /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs4746.pdf.

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Kumara, G. A. Kumudu Kusum. "Growth without capitalism : agrarian change in the peasant economy of Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30828.

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This study examines the impact of capital on the small peasant economy of Sri Lanka which has been dominated by paddy cultivation, the consequent processes of agrarian change in the peasant society and the impact of these changes on the lives of the peasantry. The persistence of peasant agriculture throughout the developing world has posed a challenge to classical theories of the development of capitalism in agriculture which considered peasant production or Simple Commodity Production as a transitional phenomenon doomed to disappear. Recent interpretations of theories on Simple Commodity Production however, argue that peasant forms of production can and likely will survive within capitalist social formations, and therefore the analysis of the dynamics of agrarian change has to focus on historically specific situations. Pursuing the latter view, this study identifies the role of the State, class structure, and the role of agro-ecological imperatives as key factors influencing agrarian change in Sri Lanka. While existing agrarian relations in the peasant sector have not become a barrier to the growth of productive forces in the peasant economy, this growth has not necessarily led to the disintegration of the peasantry, despite a certain amount of differentiation among them. While the dynamism manifested in the emergence of a small stratum of rich peasants and rural entrepreneurs may indicate the possibility of capitalist development in the peasant sector in some areas of the country, the overall situation within the peasant economy indicates the possibility of paddy agriculture reaching its advanced stages within the form of peasant production itself. In the event of such a possibility, it is the problem of underemployed labour in the peasant sector which will become the agrarian question of Sri Lanka.
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Herath, Subhangi Madhavika Kamalalochana. "Economic liberalization and the changing role of Sinhalese women in Sri Lanka." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq21355.pdf.

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Shaw, Judith 1957. "No magic bullet : microenterprise credit and income poverty in Sri Lanka." Monash University, Dept. of Politics, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9168.

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Samarasinghe, Nimesh. "Drug policy-making in Sri Lanka 1984-2008 : people, politics and power." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21500/.

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Policy analysis has not been a part of mainstream Sri Lankan research or academic tradition, and hence there exists a lack of research on policy studies in Sri Lanka. Given also a paucity of research on illicit drug use and contemporary drug policy, this research study generated and analysed a body of evidence about the response to drug misuse and its related policies in Sri Lanka between 1984 and 2008. As the subject of drug policy can be viewed through a variety of perspectives, this thesis adopted a multi-disciplinary approach. It drew on ideas, theories, concepts and research from a variety of social science disciplines such as sociology, political science, international relations, public administration and social policy and included an historical approach to understanding policy development. The study provides an informed narrative describing the rationale for the development of Sri Lanka’s drug policies, their course and outcome and the roles of the various actors, institutions, organisations and interest groups already established, or which came into existence to respond to drug misuse. This shows how, and why, particular policies are shaped and influenced by the actors, institutions and organisations, and by particular discourses. The conceptual foundations for this study were epistemic community theory, stakeholder analysis and policy transfer theory; and the thesis will seek to explain policy in changing contexts. Semi-structured key informant interviews and documentary analysis were the main research methods employed. The analysis revealed that external influences, stakeholder dynamics, consensus in policy approaches, and moral frameworks have combined to sustain a criminal justice model to the management of drug problems and to ward off attempts to introduce a system with a stronger focus on treatment and public health. This study demonstrates that the interests of stakeholders and their relative power significantly influenced the legitimisation of consensual knowledge diffused by epistemic communities which underpinned policy outcomes.
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Bandara, Yapa M. W. Yaparatne. "Trade liberalisation and the productivity imperative in manufacturing industries of Sri Lanka /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17617.pdf.

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Jayasundara, Herath Mudiyanselage. "Achiving objectives of the national transport policy of Sri Lanka at the urban level: transport issues and options." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258888.

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Herath, Shanaka. "The Size of the Government and Economic Growth. An Empirical Study of Sri Lanka." Institut für Regional- und Umweltwirtschaft, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2009. http://epub.wu.ac.at/516/1/document.pdf.

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Wickramasinghe, Wasanthi. "Development of a sector model for agricultural policy analysis in Sri Lanka (SLASM)." Weikersheim Margraf, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2665060&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Hagmar, Hannes. "A feasibility study of Increasing Small Scale Solar Power in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för data- och elektroteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6575.

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The following report is conducted as a feasibility study, aimed to objectively uncover the advantages and challenges of increasing the amount of small scale solar power in Sri Lanka. The demand for electricity in Sri Lanka has been steadily increasing the last few years and there is an urgent need to find new ways of generating electricity. To not further increase the already high dependency of foreign oil and to decrease the impact on the environment, a transition from traditional combustion of fossil fuel to new renewable energy is required. The report shows that there exists substantial potential for generating solar energy in Sri Lanka. Calculations show that an investment in a photovoltaic system can be economically favourable and that the investment often is paid back within a few years. Current regulations and electricity pricing increases the economic incitement for high electricity consumers to invest in small scale solar power. Furthermore, the report demonstrates that there are likely no technical obstacles of increasing small scale solar power at this period. In contrary, the report shows that small scale solar power in general decreases line losses, voltage drops, and the peak demand of electricity. At present, it is probably not the lack of economic incitement but rather socio-economic factors that limit the development of small scale solar power. Sri Lanka is still a relatively poor country and the long years of civil war have prevented development and wealth. Lack of funds and a high ratio of low-income earners are probably the main reason for the slow development
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Rajapakshe, Prasanna Sisira Kumara. "Economic valuation of domestic water service : improvements in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713693.

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Lack of access to quality water provision, unsustainable use and significant water-related health impacts give considerable challenges to water resource management hence become a central public policy issue in many developing countries. Despite the commitment at global level, demand and financing for public utility like water service improvements is lower than the societal demand, particularly in the developing world. Water sector improvements can potentially generate a wide range of socio-economic benefits hence it is important to estimate such benefits and document evidence in order to increase awareness and take correct policy decisions on domestic water management. This thesis estimates the benefits/demand for water quality and service improvements in a developing country context. The study has been conducted in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka, where majority of people depend on non-piped sources to meet the drinking and other domestic water requirements. Piped borne water supply schemes are often not available or not at an acceptable status and water related health impacts are common. Households in the area are making investments by practicing number of averting measure to improve the availability and quality of the current water supply. A Choice Experiment (CE) and Averting Behaviour Method (ABM) have been employed to estimate the benefits of water service improvements and to investigate the rural household choice of alternative water supply policy options and averting measures. Results from both approaches confirm that households (both existing piped and non-piped water users) are willing to pay substantial amounts for water service improvements, particularly for the improvement of water quality. Results of this study is also consistent with the theoretical explanations as the WTP using ABM is lower than the WTP generated from the CE analysis. Also it has found that people prefer to have lower connection fee to sign up with the piped water supply scheme and some form of repayment scheme rather than a lump sum connection fee. This suggest that introduction of flexible payment schemes might overcome a significant barrier to achieving high levels of connections in future water provisions for rural communities in the developing world. The Latent Class and Random Parameter Logit model results reveal that there is significant preference heterogeneity regarding water service improvements. Therefore, this suggests that policy initiatives relying on household financing need to be evaluated for the cost/benefit effects across diverse classes of households. The analysis also highlights that socio-economic characteristics of households and water quality parameters of existing sources are important determinants of preferences for improved piped water supply and practicing averting measures. This provides useful information for better understanding of why some respondents value improvements in water supply more than others. This study provide clear evidence that people have a strong preferences for signing up to improved piped water supply, hence the social benefits would outweigh the financial costs, and that the financial investment could be financed through private payment schemes. According to the results, provision of piped water supply would result in welfare improvements and its costs could be recovered from users sustainably. Therefore, based on the WTP estimates, this study conclude that there is a clear scope and potential for expanding the coverage of the piped water supply network as well as improving the quality and the service of the existing schemes. Investment in water infrastructure is more capital incentive, this stresses the importance of government's involvements by the means of taking measures for risk mitigating in investments and to take necessary regulatory measures for sustainable economic management of future water supply projects. However, as water is a basic requirement to sustain human life, it is recommended that any policy regarding water service improvements among the rural poor should be evaluated both based on economic efficiency criteria and based on social equity in water allocation.
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Herath, Shanaka. "The Size of the Government and Economic Growth: An Empirical Study of Sri Lanka." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2010. http://epub.wu.ac.at/2962/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2010_05.pdf.

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The new growth theory establishes, among other things, that government expenditure can manipulate economic growth of a country. This study attempts to explain whether government expenditure increases or decreases economic growth in the context of Sri Lanka. Results obtained applying an analytical framework based on time series and second degree polynomial regressions are generally consistent with previous findings: government expenditure and economic growth are positively correlated; excessive government expenditure is negatively correlated with economic growth; and an open economy promotes growth. In a separate section, the paper examines Armey's (1995) idea of a quadratic curve that explains the level of government expenditure in an economy and the corresponding level of economic growth. The findings confirm the possibility of constructing the Armey curve for Sri Lanka, and it estimates the optimal level of government expenditure to be approximately 27 per cent. This paper adds to the literature indicating that the Armey curve is a reality not only for developed economies, but also for developing economies.(author's abstract)
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Jayarathna, Kotte Hevage Eranga Hirosh. "Technical and Economic Impacts of the First Coal-fired Power Station in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19346.

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The first coal-fired power plant in Sri Lanka was successfully connected to the national grid in year 2011. The proposal of implementing coal-fired power plants in Sri Lanka has been appearing in power sector master plans since year 1985. It was delayed for many years, mainly due to public protests and indecision of the political leadership of the country. This research analyzes the social and economic barriers faced during the implementation stage. Operation of the plant in terms of system inertia, reliability and stability is discussed. This is the single largest power sector investment in Sri Lanka and returns on the investment were analyzed in this study. As this is the first coal-fired power plant in Sri Lanka, success of this project will create the platform for the public acceptance of future coal-fired power plants. There were some technical failures during the initial years of operation of the plant, and now it records a higher reliability. Furthermore, it is important to summarize the lessons learnt after implementing this project. Future plans of the utility, energy policy of the country and the political agenda of a country should reflect the experience with this project. This is a good example that teaches the lesson; projects which require to be implemented in the national interest should not be postponed or cancelled due to the protest by small groups of people perceived to be affected by the project. It is highlighted that system stability is improved in many cases due to the increase of power system inertia, to which this power plant makes the largest contribution. System inertia is improved in six out of nine scenarios, which were analyzed in this study. Economic benefits gained by the power plant were examined and the study proves that this power plant will have a significant positive effect on the national economy. Loss incurred delaying the project was calculated and it proves the importance of this project.
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Ruwanpura, Kanchana Nimali. "Matrilineal communities, patriarchal realities : female-headship in eastern Sri Lanka : a feminist economic reading." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273402.

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Talbert, Meredith Corea. "Understanding Sand Mining on the Maha Oya: The Conflict Between Economic and Environmental Survival." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/522.

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River sand mining from the Maha Oya is the main source of income and a force that drives economic activity for residents along the river. This study takes place in Sri Lanka, there are three villages included in this project: Jambugaswatte, Janituspuraya and Thoppuwa. In Sri Lanka, sand serves as the main building material. It is used to make bricks, tiles, asphalt and concrete, therefore demanding a high market value. However, the over-extraction of sand comes along with significant environmental problems. These communities depend on the river in many ways and the health of the river directly corresponds to the health of the ecosystem as a whole. Along the Maha Oya two important elements of survival are in conflict with one another: residents simultaneously need a healthy, thriving ecosystem to live in, as well as economic opportunities. With support from the Environmental Foundation Ltd. (EFL)--a Sri Lankan environmental justice NGO--this study focuses on the complex situation with sand mining on the Maha Oya. Data for this study comes from fifteen formal interviews with a Sinhala-English translator. These interviews are used to address the two research questions for this project: how do village residents along the Maha Oya perceive sand mining? And what are the emotional, practical and theoretical responses of village residents to the effects of sand mining on their local ecosystems? In order to envision a sustainable future, it is vital to begin with a clear understanding of community perceptions of these complex issues, which are at the heart of this project.
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Mahanamahewa, Sri Warna Prathiba. "Workplace privacy in the internet age : recommendations for a policy framework in Sri Lanka /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19351.pdf.

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Kataoka, Sachiko. "Does educational decentralisation work? : an exploration of policy practice and outcomes in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424205.

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Wanigasinghe, Lakshila. "Consequences of Terrorism: The Effects of Terrorism on Education in Sri Lanka." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2537.

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This study aims to analyze the impact of terrorism on the educational sector of Sri Lanka. We focus our attention on Eelam War IV, the final phase of the 26-yearlong Sri Lankan conflict and the period of peace (period under the Norwegian government mediated ceasefire agreement) prior to it. We use data from the 2012 National Population and Housing Census and war related fatality counts from the South Asia Terrorism Portal to divide the island’s 9 provinces into high and low war intensity provinces in order to analyze the impact of terrorism on the educational attainment of individuals residing in each of these provinces during the two periods; peace and war. We use an Ordinary Least Squares Model to estimate the average years of schooling and a Logit Model to estimate the levels of individual grade completion. Our results find that the conflict did not have a diminishing impact on education, in fact educational outcomes for individual grade completion increased during the conflict period in areas deemed highly intense.
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Griffin, Katherine Eileen. "Does Gender Matter? Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Human Elephant Conflict and Natural Resource Management in a Rural Sri Lankan Village." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2533.

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This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and human elephant conflict. The objective of this study is to gain an in-depth knowledge of residents' use and understandings of environmental resources, and to investigate if gender helps shape these factors. This study relies on a social sustainability conceptual framework. It tracks participation of local women and men in natural resource management, and in conservation within and outside of the Bibile community. Local nongovernmental organizations focus on mitigating human elephant conflict and government policies influence particular farming practices. Unless socially and environmentally sustainable practices are developed, areas within and outside of the protected areas are not sustainable in their current state (Jayewardene 1998). Current interventions are failing to solve this problem in both rural communities and natural ecosystems, demonstrated most clearly by shrinking forest habitats and the frequency of human and elephant deaths (Bandara 2009). By broadening the analysis of natural resource management to examine possible social, economic, and political influences, my research examines how different resource management approaches might be filtered and reflected by variation in local residents' use and understanding of environmental resources. I suggest that gender, household decision-making, and equality are overlooked but potentially important aspects in the perception and implementation of natural resource management.
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Amaradasa, R. M. W. "Role of public policy in linking university and research centres with industry in Sri Lanka." Faculty of Commerce, 2004. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1746.

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The promotional mechanisms employed in University-Research-Industry (URI) relationships have been considered a strategic factor in the development objectives of the industrialized countries. Such promotional mechanisms are based on recognized conceptual frameworks, which have been carefully examined by researchers. However, little work has been done in this field with respect to problems of less industrialized countries especially in small developing countries. The objective of this study was therefore to compare the URI characteristics and promotional mechanisms of developed countries with those in operation in small developing countries like Sri Lanka.The methodology employed for this study included exploratory survey, follow-up interviews, interviews with decision-makers and case studies while analytical tools in the grounded theory approach were used to deal with qualitative data.The URI relationships which are used as instruments to generate economic benefits, show wide discrepancies in performance among different countries. The promotional mechanisms, widely prevalent in industrialized countries, emphasized the importance of framework conditions. The characteristic features of the URI relationships in developed countries are better described in the international literature in terms of models, concepts and systems such as National System of Innovation. An analysis of literature shows that less industrialized countries need to have a better understanding of issues related to the operation of those relationships that are less rigorously influenced by theories and concepts developed in industrialized countries.The study revealed that the relationships in Sri Lanka are based on the lower end of the spectrum, characterized by short-term orientation that include education and training, and service-based relationships. Lack of structural mechanisms, financial constraints, regulatory rigidity, inadequacy of laboratory facilities and absence of inter-organizational communication seems to be the major features that curtail relationships. It was observed that process related constraints and weaknesses are widespread in all three types of organizations, in addition to the weaknesses related to the framework. Accordingly, three sets of issues based on internal and external factors for a particular type of organization were developed which could be widely used as check list of issues for any developing country. This checklist was tested with new forms of organizations which have evolved to overcome such weaknesses, by adopting the responsive-adaptive approach. The new forms of organizations show features such as heterogeneity, organizational diversity and trans-disciplinarity as well as internal transformation, influence of one type of organization upon another, creation of new organizations and networks. These features are more prevalent in organizations in developed countries. The findings lead to conclusion that the URI relationships in developing countries show in a broad context similarities to those of developed countries but at the same time differ in nature. The concepts and models used in developed countries to explain the URI relationships can also be used to explain those in developing countries. The importance in understanding micro level conditions and taking remedial measures to overcome negative impact is imperative. Finally, the public policy interventions that are necessary to promote URI relationships, while eliminating weaknesses in the framework and micro-environment are proposed in this study.
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Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari. "Students' ethnolinguistic identities in multiethnic, bilingual education classrooms in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119217/1/Harsha%20Dulari_Wijesekera_Thesis.pdf.

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This study investigated how multiethnic Bilingual Education (BE) classrooms (English and Mother-tongue: Sinhala or Tamil) in post-conflict Sri Lanka can shape students' ethnic identities towards an ethnically inclusive national identity. Using Bourdieu's theories of capital, habitus and field, the study identifies two key findings: the importance of the flexible use of all available languages in multiethnic classrooms to scaffold language and academic content learning; and the creation of inter-ethnic reciprocity. Findings also show the dual role of English as a tool of reconciliation, and a weapon of social stratification. The study presents positive practices to be applied, and negative practices to be avoided both at implementation and policy levels in similar contexts.
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Landstrom, Ingegerd. "Towards Collaborative Coastal Management in Sri Lanka? : A study of Special Area Management planning in Sri Lanka's coastal region." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Social and Economic Geography, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7287.

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This thesis is concerned with the efforts to bring about a greater degree of local community participation in the use and management of Sri Lanka's coastal land and natural resources. Through the application of the Special Area Management (SAM) strategy in geographically distinct areas along the coast, the aim is to create collaborative arrangements - partnerships - that will enable coastal communities and local governments to work together with the Sri Lankan state and share responsibility and authority over the management of coastal land and natural resources.

Using a political-geographical perspective that highlights the political and spatial dimensions of this shift in forms for governing the coast, the thesis seeks to identify and discuss factors that can have a bearing on the participatory dimension of collaborative coastal management in Sri Lanka. The thesis focuses particularly on factors influencing the role played by the local communities and the degree to which they actually come to share authority with respect to the use and management of coastal natural resources as envisioned in the SAM strategy.

The thesis illustrates that, despite an ambition to bring about a sharing of authority and control in costal management, this has not quite worked out in practice. Due to circumstances relating both to the SAM strategy itself and to the context in which it is implemented, the degree to which coastal communities have gained any degree of influence with respect to the management of coastal land and resources remains questionable.

The study is carried out prior to the tsunami that hit the Sri Lankan shores in December 2004. However, given the major reconstruction of Sri Lanka's coast that currently is ongoing and the controversy that surrounds it, the issues raised in this thesis are highly relevant.

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Gunawardena, U. A. D. P. "Economic evaluation of conservation benefits : a case study of Sinharaja Rain Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.651873.

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Rapid degradation of forest due to direct exploitation and conversion into other land uses is the major problem faced by the forestry sector of Sri Lanka. The negligence of the economics of environmental aspects is one of the major reasons for this problem. The timber value has widely been recognised as the only value held by forests, while many goods and services provided by forests are not being identified, quantified or valued. Conservation values of forests have not been evaluated either at local or global levels resulting in under-investment in conservation. Therefore, the valuing of yet unrecognised values and incorporating them in decision making have been identified as priority needs. In order to reach this goal, an economic evaluation was carried out for the conservation project of Sinharaja Rain Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka. The main objectives were to calculate the total economic value of the forest, recognise the variability patterns of use and nonuse values with the location, and compare nonuse values held by Sri Lankans and UK citizens for this particular rain forest. A contingent valuation survey was carried out to estimate willingness to pay for the use and non-use benefits of the forest using three samples of people (urban and rural areas distant to the forest and peripheral villages to the forest) in Sri Lanka and a group of respondents from UK. The quantification of use values of villagers was done by a survey of village respondents. The resultant willingness to pay estimates were consistent with the theory. When expressed as a percentage of income, clear differences were evident among the four samples for use and non-use values. On average, local villagers were willing to bid proportionately high percentage of their income to preserve the forest for future generations. This figure was much less for urban and rural Sri Lankans, and even lower for UK residents. There is a considerable dependency of villagers on the forest for non timber forest products. The benefits of conservation well exceed the costs as shown by positive net present value.
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Fernando, Mirisage Telespher Neil. "An economic analysis of factors affecting the adoption of coconut-based intercropping systems in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1997. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU093676.

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This study analyses the effect of socio-economic and communicative factors, farm-level resource constraints, and government policies on the adoption of coconut-based intercropping (CBI) in Sri Lanka. This practice was introduced 20 years ago to overcome the two main limitations of traditional coconut monocropping inefficient land use and low incomes to farmers, but it has not been widely adopted. Benefit-cost, multiple regression, and categorical data analysis, and an assessment of constraints on CBI adoption using a multiperiod linear programming (MLP) model of three farmer groups, categorised using cluster analysis, were carried out using data collected from a farmer survey, on-farm CBI trials and from secondary sources. The economic analysis reveals that CBI gives higher returns per hectare than coconut monocrops, but the benefit-cost ratio, and returns to both labour and working capital of some CBI systems, are lower than those of monocrops. The multiple regression and categorical data analyses indicate that the adoption of CBI is positively influenced by the availability of labour and cash, and by extension contacts, while it is negatively affected by rice cultivation. The MLP model results reveal that an expansion of CBI is mainly constrained by seasonal labour shortages for all farmer groups, particularly the high-income group, and by the scarcity of cash in the case of resource-poor farmers. CBI policies aimed at subsidising inputs or intercrop prices are not likely to be efficient in raising adoption, but alternative policies aimed at alleviating resource constraints would be more effective. The high risks and management demands associated with CBI also affect its adoption because of the diverse activities of coconut farmers. The less risky and reduced management demands of monocropping appear to meet the needs of the many coconut farmers with outside interests.
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Senadeerage, Chamila T. "Modelling International Tourism Demand and Implications of Its Volatility for Sri Lanka at a Disaggregate Level." Thesis, Griffith University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/401451.

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In some developing countries, tourism-led economic development strategies have been used to accelerate growth, generate employment opportunities, increase foreign exchange earnings and poverty reduction. To maximise benefits from tourism, appropriate policy decisions, infrastructure development and conducive business environments need to be developed. In order to make correct policy decisions, detailed studies on the demand side of tourism are needed in these countries. Sri Lanka is used as a case study in this thesis as it has identified tourism as a driving force of economic development since the end of the three decades war in May 2009. The thesis consists of four studies examining various aspects of tourism demand with an intention of providing policy inputs for tourism planning and management. The main purpose of the first study was to develop reliable and accurate forecasting models for total international arrivals in Sri Lanka and its top 10 source countries, using Seasonal Autoregresive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) method and monthly arrival data. Results demonstrate that (a) achieving Sri Lankan Government’s forecast of four million tourist arrivals by 2020 is highly unlikely, (b) accurate forecasting is necessary for tourism strategies and planning, and (c) the SARIMA method provides accurate forecasts in the presence of seasonality. The second study investigated whether political violence affects the persistence of volatility and the interdependencies between source markets using Autoregresive Integrated Moving Average – Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARIMA-GARCH) and Autoregresive Integrated Moving Average- Glosten-Jagannathan-Runkle GARCH (ARIMA-GJR) models, and Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) GARCH (1,1) models. The major findings of this study include that political violence leads to higher volatility and asymmetric effects, and that interdependencies between source markets are time-varying. Political violence creates more fluctuations in the dynamic correlation. Asian source markets, except Japan, show the lowest interdependencies with other countries, while advanced countries exhibit higher interdependencies. The main purpose of the third study was to investigate the impact of institutional quality and globalisation factors on various types of tourism demand using panel data analysis of the annual data of 29 source countries. The analysis reveals that economic freedom is a significant determinant of leisure, Visiting, Friends and Relatives (VFR) and business tourism demand; whereas civil liberty is significant only for leisure and business tourism demand. This indicates the importance of a long-term approach to institutional reforms aiming at achieving higher levels of economic freedom and political freedom to develop the tourism industry, while taking measures to achieve political stability and lower political risk for tourism development. Our results confirm that trade between the destination country and origin country is positively related to other types of tourism such as leisure and VFR tourism, apart from business tourism. Furthermore, strong evidence was found that migration stock is positively related to VFR tourism only. The government and destination managers should take migration trends into account in tourism planning. Moreover, disaggregate study of demand is required and depending on aggregate tourism demand models could lead to false conclusions The main purpose of the fourth study was to identify the spillover effects of tourism demand among Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives using monthly data from January 2001 to September 2019. Evidence for spillover effects was found. These findings have important implications for policies. Firstly, as the Maldives and Sri Lanka are complementary destinations for international tourists, tour operators and government agencies from each country could work closely together in other countries when it comes to promoting and marketing tourism products. Moreover, joint tour packages which included attractions in both countries could be introduced. And the same is valid for the Maldives and Kerala. The findings from these studies are useful for government agencies and private establishments in the industry for their policy making, designing of promotional campaigns, and planning of infrastructure.
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Herath, Mudiyanselage Anura Lokubandara. "Economic analysis of production opportunities, constraints and improvement policies in coconut-based farming systems in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/46817.

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Dissanayake, Tissa Kumara. "Alleviating the Disparities of Resource Allocation for Education in Sri Lanka| Towards a Possible Macro-Economic Growth." Thesis, Franklin Pierce University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3731245.

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The main purpose of this study is the examination of how, an equitable distribution of educational resources would factor in as a contributor to more favorable economic growth of Sri Lanka. If the better facilities, and additional educational resources, offered to urban communities are extended to the rural sector that will increase human productivity, leading in turn, to macro-economic growth and economic development. I have derived and tabulated pertinent statistical data so as to answer the research questions entailed by my inquiry. That has been followed by the conclusions and recommendations sections. Qualitative methods were used to interview rural communities with the aim of analyzing their concerns, anxieties and trepidations from a variety of perspectives involving politics, economics, psychology, sociology and culture. A detailed description of inequitable educational resource distribution among rural communities is included in the document which shows the negative impacts to the macro-economic growth of short-sighted and irrational practices. Thereafter, the study has focused on the lack of leadership characteristics of Sri Lankan political policy makers.

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Rajah, Ayshwarya Rajith Sriskanda. "Liberal peace/ethno-theocratic war : a biopolitical perspective on Western policy in the Eelam war." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8313.

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This thesis develops a biopolitical perspective on Western states’ longstanding opposition to the formation of a Tamil state (Tamil Eelam) in the northeastern parts of the island of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). It does so by adopting and applying the concept of biopolitics as developed by Michel Foucault in the 1970s. Foucault used the idea of biopolitics to explain power relations and to consider peace through the matrix of war. He was especially interested in using this to understand power relations that emerged in the eighteenth century and especially in terms of the tensions between military confrontation and commercial expansion. This thesis adopts and applies the idea of biopolitics to the concept of liberal peace and its core principle, the security of global commerce, to offer a new interpretation of the rationale behind the opposition of Western states to the Tamil demand for political independence and their collaboration in Sri Lanka’s biopolitical transformation of the island into a Sinhala-Buddhist ethno-theocracy. As practitioners of the biopolitics of liberal peace, Western states have waged wars and collaborated in the wars of their Southern counterparts, allowing populations, including liberalised ones, to be killed, condoning the subversion of civil liberties, human rights and other democratic freedoms, including the right to selfdetermination of nations, that they simultaneously promote. The thesis explores the extent to which the collaboration of the West with the Sri Lankan state’s racist policies and counterinsurgency efforts is a continuation of the colonial policies of the British Empire in Ceylon. In developing a biopolitical perspective on the liberal state-building practices of the British Empire in colonial Ceylon, Sri Lanka’s adoption of the same practices, and the West’s own efforts to neutralise the Tamils’ armed struggle, the thesis explores the ways that power relations produce the effects of battle, and thus the way that peace becomes a means of waging war. When the power relations of law, finance, politics, and diplomacy produce the effects of battle, they become ways of waging war by other means. As well as being a thesis on Western policy in the war in Sri Lanka, the work is therefore also to some extent an attempt to see how far Foucault’s work on biopolitics might be pushed and developed and thus, at the same time, an attempt to turn the Foucauldian focus to an area thus far unexplored by those who have sought to engage with Foucault’s work.
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Alestad, Linda, and Catrine Bergqvist. "A natural economic experiment : An analysis of the macroeconomic consequenses of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Economics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7024.

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In this thesis we analyze the macroeconomic impact of the tsunami in 2004 on the Sri Lankan economy. The theoretical framework we use, the Australian model of a developing economy, gives direct or indirect predictions for the development of a number of variables after a natural disaster. In our case, we believe that the main reason for developments of the output variables and the exchange rate is the extraordinary large and rapid inflow of foreign aid money. In summary, we find the overall impact of the tsunami on the Sri Lankan economy to be minor.

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