Independent Sri Lankan think tank on poverty and development

Framings and Discourses on Mobility and Crisis – Blessing or Curse? – 2020

Short Course 2020 Framings and Discourses on Mobility and Crisis: Blessing or Curse? A Virtual Learning Experience – Migration Short Course 2020   Introduction For the third consecutive year, CEPA plans to conduct the Short Course on Migration. Whilst the past two years the course was held over 4-5 days at the CEPA premises, this […]

Using Women as Collateral. The New Age of Microfinance

News First produced a video documentary on micro finance issues in Sri lanka. The video refers to CEPA’s study “Debt at my Doorstep”. K. Romeshun and Chandima Arambepola are featured in the video September 12, 2020

Report 2019: Global State of the SDGs

Successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires that countries move beyond monitoring towards acting in contextualised and integrated policy solutions. This Report brings together country-level evidence-based analysis produced by more than 40 scholars from think tanks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is meant to enrich the global dialogue on the 2030 Agenda.

Implementing The SDGs. Responding to the Challenges of Inter connectivity and Balance. (Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals. Occasional Paper Series 39).

By Navam Niles and Karin Fernando The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present two challenges for integrated planning and implementation at the national level. One is that policies and plans need to identify and accommodate interconnectivities amongst the SDGs. Second is the need to balance the three dimensions: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. This […]

Women and Work in Pandemics: Resilience and Recovery

Women-and-pandemic

You are cordially invited to join us in a virtual discussion series, jointly organised by Duryog Nivaran, South Asia and Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Report 2019: Global State of the SDGs

‘Successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires that countries move beyond monitoring towards acting in contextualised and integrated policy solutions. This Report brings together country-level evidence-based analysis produced by more than 40 scholars from think tanks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is meant to enrich the global dialogue on the 2030 Agenda’.