Interviews & Articles

    The Political Culture, Not Facebook, is the Problem
    by |16 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Featured image courtesy AP Photo/Rukmal Gamage Organized mob violence against minorities has been a feature of the political landscape in Sri Lanka for several decades. In fact, one could say that it has become part of our political culture. Thus blaming...
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    On Kandy: How Myths about Minorities Underlie Violence
    by |09 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Featured image from Colombo Gazette A man belonging to the majority ethnic group was attacked by a youth from the minority ethnic group. Two days later, the mortally wounded man succumbed to his injuries and dies. Within hours, angry mobs physically...
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    Destructive and unsustainable practice of bottom trawling resurfacing in Sri Lanka?
    by |04 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    In July 2017, Sri Lanka became the first country in Asia to completely ban bottom trawling and the use of destructive trawl nets. Six months later, the Department of Fisheries proposed to weaken this ban by allowing ‘less destructive’ trawling...
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    Buddhika Perera on E-signatures – LMD Biz Talk
    by |27 February 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Buddhika Perera, Research Manager – Verité Research talks abut the importance of digital signatures
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    Had Mahinda Rajapaksa run for president on 10 Feb, he would have lost
    by |13 February 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Few would have predicted the results of Sri Lanka’s local government elections in 2018. With the benefit of hindsight, we must now try to understand what happened and why. There are three lessons to be learnt from the results –...
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    Women’s quota in local authority elections: Outcomes will fail the promise
    by |09 February 2018|Interviews & Articles
    In August 2017, an amendment to the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance announced a 25% quota for women in local authorities. However, the drafting of the law undermines its stated intention. The quota for women is designed to fallshort of the...
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    Sri Lanka’s economic competitiveness: A microcosm of its politics?
    by |08 February 2018|Interviews & Articles
    In 2017, Sri Lanka’s country score in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) declined to 4.09 out of 7. This is the lowest score Sri Lanka has received since 2010. Sri Lanka’s ranking in 2017 also declined to 85th out of...
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    Jeep limits in Yala – Shifting interests, rising numbers
    by |09 January 2018|Interviews & Articles
    By Ashani Basnayake Although the Government claims to be pursuing a sustainable development agenda, this latest policy fiasco, driven by political interests as opposed to data, betrays a lack of sincerity and commitment to conservation. Yala is a national treasure...
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    Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe on ‘Market Watch’
    by |16 December 2017|Interviews & Articles
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    Right to Information in Sri Lanka – Sabrina Esufally on News Line
    by |16 November 2017|Interviews & Articles
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