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An exploratory study on adapting to climate change in coastal areas of Sri Lanka

2011 | Shanila Athulathmudali, Amila Balasuriya and Karin Fernando

This study focuses on the climate change influence on coastal areas in Sri Lanka, how their livelihoods are affected, climate change adaptations in coastal areas and the obstacles for these practices...

Are international migrants conspicuous consumers? Evidence from Pakistan Gulf migration

1992 | Illahi, N.

This paper explains the motivations behind contract migrant expenditures on consumer goods by focusing on Pakistani migrants in the Persian Gulf. This explains that migrant outlays on consumer items a..

Partition, violence and migration: the case of Miana Gondal

2004 | Salim, A.

The study overview the migration and resettlement in the West Punjab. It focuses particularly on Miana Gondal in the pre and and post partition context making the study unique to the scores of existin..

Partition of India: the case of Sindh migration, violence and peaceful Sindh

2004 | Salim, A.

This study first identifies the the key factors that increased communal bitterness and then systematically explores how and why they directly affected the lives and social obligations of the individua..

The partitions of self Mohajir women’s sense of identity and nationhood

2002 | Saigol, R.

This paper explores how women relate to the forging of new identities in a complex negotiation, which involves accommodation, assimilation, rejection, interrogation, resistance and capitulation to the..

Economic and social development under a market economy regime in Sri Lanka

2011 | Ed. By. Kelegama, S. & Gunewardena, D.

The content in this volume analyses various dimensions of the market economy regime, functioning of the market, public finance and money, factor markets, sectoral impact, and social impact and transfo..

The political economy of armed conflict

2005 | Ed. by. Ballentine,K. & Sherman,J.

This studies the economic dimensions of specific armed conflicts: whether economic factors are causal to the conflict in question or merely facilitating to other more fundamental causes such as ..

Character helps to personality growth

2010 | Translated by Wickramaratne,D.

This focuses on building one’s personality through positive thinking and also intends to make readers look back their lives with moral intention and attitude. This is a translation of the &..

Child activity survey 2008/09

2011 | Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)

This publication is the 2nd in the series. This reports on the findings of the second Sri Lanka Child activity survey conducted in 2008/09. This holds information on economic activities, family work a..

Bulletin of selected retail and producer prices 2007-2010

2011 | Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)

This is the 28th in the series of special publications on retail and producer price data. This issue contains price data on consumer goods purchased in Colombo city and in the 24 districts of th..

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