Download or read book Energy and Poverty in Sri Lanka written by and published by UN. This book was released on 2007 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UNDP Regional Energy Programme for Poverty Reduction (REP-PoR) aims to affect broad-based interventions in the energy sector, focusing on Asia Pacific countries. The emphasis is on harnessing energy effectively to meet developmental targets laid out in the Millennium Development Goals. As a first step to achieve the objectives of REP-PoR, this publication reports on Sri Lanka's energy sector and its linkages to poverty concerns, gaps therein, and modalities for overcoming the same. It aims to facilitate the inclusion of a strong energy component to Sri Lanka's socio-economic development programmes.
Download or read book Energy Access Poverty and Development written by Benjamin K. Sovacool and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world. Through an in-depth exploration of case studies in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka, the authors highlight the applicability of different approaches and technologies and illuminates how household and commercial innovations occur (or fail to occur) within particular energy governance regimes. It also, uniquely, explores successful case studies alongside failures or "worst practice" examples that are often just as revealing as those that met their targets. Based on these successes and failures, the book presents twelve salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners wishing to expand energy access and raise standards of living in some of the world's poorest communities. It also develops an innovative framework consisting of 42 distinct factors that explain why some energy development interventions accomplish all of their goals while others languish to achieve any.
Download or read book Poverty and Human Development in Sri Lanka written by Ramani Gunatilaka and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report aims to summarize the current state of poverty in Sri Lanka by tracing its causes and recommending policies. Special attention is paid to human development issues in the conflict-affected areas. The ongoing conflict in the north and east remains both the principal cause for poverty and the most binding constraint to human development in Sri Lanka.
Download or read book Monetary Poverty Estimates in Sri Lanka written by Neranjana Gunetilleke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to poverty-related data available in Sri Lanka, & monetary measurements of poverty carried out using this data. The lack of an official poverty line in Sri Lanka until June 2004 has over time generated a number of poverty lines & corresponding poverty measures. While these poverty measures have provided a good base for poverty analysis, this paper also touches on the problems generated by the use of multiple methods. The release of the official poverty line by the Dept. of Census & Statistics can be seen as a major step forward in the debate on poverty measurement in Sri Lanka. Charts & tables.
Download or read book Technical Assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Energy Sector Master Plan written by R. Stroem and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Needs Poverty and Government Policies in Sri Lanka written by Peter J. Richards and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sri Lanka written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report highlights Sri Lanka's energy sector structure, government strategy, policy, and development plans, and complements the Sri Lanka-ADB country partnership strategy for 2018-2022. It outlines ADB's experience and strategy in the country's energy sector and provides background information about investment and technical assistance operations. The report also reviews previous support from ADB and other development partners.
Download or read book Review of Poverty Related Data and Data Sources in Sri Lanka written by Indra Tudawe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fresh Perspectives written by Fiona Remnant and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Bureaucratic Power on the Policy Process written by Herath Jayatunge and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management theories and practices of the late 20th and early 21st centuries encourage elected and public officials to work together constructively during the policymaking and policy implementation process. However, within this process, the 'on-the-ground' relationships that develop between elected and public officials tend to span the spectrum from independent through to interdependent interactions. This thesis reveals that the nature of their relationship has profound effects on policy outcomes, in this case on poverty reduction policies in Sri Lanka. The findings show that the parties involved have a dynamic relationship that develops, over time, in response to tit-for-tat behaviours on the part of each-group behaviours that can be either trust-building or trust-destroying. A central part of this process is the exercise of discretion in the policymaking and policy implementation stages of poverty reduction policy in Sri Lanka. The thesis investigates how bureaucratic power is exercised in the two policy stages of Sri Lanka's poverty reduction policy, questioning how bureaucratic power affects the policy process. In order to reveal the potential influence of bureaucratic power and bureaucratic capacity to enact discretionary power during policymaking and policy implementation, the thesis examines the relationship between elected and public officials, the bureaucratic capacity to exercise discretion in the face of political control and the political capacity to control bureaucratic discretion. It also explores whether such interactions facilitate or interrupt the end purposes of poverty reduction depending on the degree of trust developed between the parties. An investigation of the outcomes of poverty reduction policies in Sri Lanka reveals that there is considerable variability in outcomes, with some geographic regions in the country considered to be high-performing and others low-performing. Implementation of poverty-related policies such as health policy and education policy has shown high performance within metropolitan areas; however, specific poverty reduction policies have not shown similar levels of performance in metropolitan areas. Therefore, a primary aim of this study is to investigate to what extent the level of performance in terms of outcomes is dependent on managerial capacity and functional capability of senior public officials, as well as the nature of the relationship that develops between these parties in the policy process. The key finding of this thesis is that the diverse relationships between elected and public officials are central to the dynamics of the policy process. While the exercise of discretion has been used as a strategy both to overcome the difficulties that elected and public officials face and to build trust, it can also destroy the trust between elected and public officials. The study shows that Sri Lankan policymakers need to address the constructive rather than disruptive aspects of the exercise of discretionary power, because discretion can be used for building trust between elected and public officials during the policy process in order to accomplish policy goals.
Download or read book The Sri Lanka Energy Sector written by Mohan Munasinghe and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inequity Poverty and Development written by Sri Lanka Economic Association. Session and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the annual sessions of Sri Lanka Economic Association, held in 2007 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Download or read book Sri Lanka written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Poverty Assessment report reviews the evolution, and nature of poverty in Sri Lanka, by examining why its significant, recent economic downturn contrasts sharply with its considerable, economic advances during the 1960s; why poverty fell rapidly, and to a relatively, low level in some areas, though it remained high in other parts of the country; and, whether the large resources given to re-distributive programs, really helped reduce poverty. In response, Sri Lanka's hesitant attitude towards progressive economic, and social policies is seemingly the answer, for these policies would have removed the regulations that hinder effective markets, and the private sector, and, would have provided needed infrastructure, and social services, accommodating diversity within its social policies, through resources, and opportunities for the poorest. Notwithstanding gradual, economic liberalization, the economy is still more protected than in countries which started liberalization much later. The regulatory environment - particularly restrictions on labor, and land markets - and weak competitive financial markets, make the investment climate less friendly than that of competitors in the East. Regarding the role of the state in the economy, still large shares in the banking system, insurance industry, power, and water utilities, among others, are government owned. In terms of social policies, the country has a long tradition of protecting acquired rights, and encouraging patronage, rather than stimulating market-based creation of opportunities. The report stipulates the need for creating a policy environment that facilitates poverty reduction, through a strong fiscal policy, deregulation and privatization, agricultural growth policies, and labor market flexibility, based on public services that reach the poor, i.e., improved quality of education, effective social safety nets, and transparent public administration.
Download or read book Sri Lanka Poverty and Welfare written by David Locke Newhouse and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty Food Consumption and Economic Development written by Maneka Jayasinghe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the relationships between economies of scale in food consumption and a number of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households and household behavioural choices since food is the major share of household expenditure for poor households. The characteristics considered comprise household size, location, income, and gender of the head of household while the behavioural choices considered comprise the decision to consume home-grown food and the decision to adopt domestic technology to aid food preparation and consumption. The book proposes two theoretical models to rationalize the role of the consumption of home-grown food and the adoption of domestic technology in enhancing economies of scale in food consumption. Econometric models are also used to empirically test the validity of the two theoretical models while adjusted poverty estimations are derived numerically using the estimated equivalence scales. Although data used in applying these techniques are based on four Household Income and Expenditure Surveys conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka, the methodology can be used for similar analysis in relation to any other country.
Download or read book International Energy and Poverty written by Lakshman Guruswamy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 2.8 billion people globally, also known as the "Other Third" or "energy poor", have little or no access to beneficial energy that meets their needs for cooking, heating, water, sanitation, illumination, transportation, or basic mechanical power. This book uniquely integrates the hitherto segmented and fragmented approaches to the challenge of access to energy. It provides theoretical, philosophical and practical analysis of energy for the low energy (non-hydrocarbon based) Other Third of the world, and how the unmet needs of the energy poor might be satisfied. It comprehensively addresses the range of issues relating to energy justice and energy access for all, including affordable - sustainable energy technologies (ASETs). The book breaks new ground by crafting a unified and cohesive framework for analysis and action that explains the factual and socio-political phenomenon of the energy poor, and demonstrates why clean energy is a primary determinant of their human progress. This is a must-read for all scholars, students, professionals and policy makers working on energy policy, poverty, and sustainable energy technologies.
Download or read book Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
