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නව “අස්වැසුම” – දුගී සුරක්ෂිතතා වැඩසටහන පිළිබඳ විවරණයක් සහ විවේචනයක්

හේමසිරි කොටගම දරිද්‍රතා විශ්ලේෂණ කේන්ද්‍රය දුගී ප්‍රජාවට සහන සලසා ආරක්ෂා කරගැනීම සහ ඔවුන්ගේ ජිවිත නගා සිටුවීම, අත්‍යවශ්‍ය මානුෂික සමාජ වගකීමකි.

Paradox of Persistence of Poverty in Paddy Farming Whilst Achieving National Self-Sufficiency

Hemesiri Kotagama “A farmer having washed away the grime, is fit to be a king” Sri Lankan Proverb Introduction: The

Provincial Inequalities in Income and its Distribution in Sri Lanka

Hemesiri Kotagama, Heli De Alwis, Dilshani Ranawaka “Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of people”

Sri Lanka’s Status in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals on Reduced Inequalities and Shared Prosperity

Hemesiri Kotagama and Dilshani Ranawaka “Sustainable Prosperity is Shared Prosperity” Introduction: Sustainable development is a development process that best satisfies

Influence of Political-Economic Policies on Income Inequalities in Sri Lanka

Hemesiri Kotagama and Dilshani Ranawaka “Intellectual and political debate about the distribution of wealth has long been based on an

Income Distribution Trends: World Vs. Sri Lanka

Dilshani Ranawaka and Hemesiri Kotagama TIER – The Inequality Report The Sri Lankan economic crisis is an opportune time to

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථික අර්බුදය, ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදල සහ සමාජ ආරක්ෂණ ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණ

ආචාර්ය හේමසිරි කොටගම දරිද්‍රතා විශ්ලේෂණ කේන්ද්‍රය ​ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, වර්තමානයේ මුහුණපා ඇති ආර්ථික අර්බුදයෙන් මිදීමට උපකාරයක් ලෙස, ජාත්‍යන්තර මුල්‍ය අරමුදලින්

The Egg Industry: Another Victim of Ad Hoc and Reactionary Policies?

By Pradeepa Silva, Senior Professor, University of Peradeniya Herath Gunatilake, Executive Director, Centre for Poverty Analysis Relaxed Regulation to Import

Illusory Economic Justice in Crisis Management and Reforms

Herath Gunatilake Sri Lanka is awaiting the IMF bailout package to find some breathing space, so that it can provide

Creating a New Poor: The Fertiliser Ban that Marked the Beginning of the End 

Minuri Perera and Shaneendra Amarasinghe Although Sri Lanka takes pride in being an agricultural economy, the agricultural sector only contributes

“Thinking About Resilience Beyond Coping”

Channaka Jayasinghe Although the current financial crisis has had a broad impact on life and livelihoods in Sri Lanka, the