Download or read book Governance Issues in Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka written by Shelton Wanasinghe and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book GOVERNANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION written by AMITA SINGH and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty reduction in South Asia is a precondition for sustaining any form of reforms in governance. The new public management reforms which started in South Asia from Sri Lanka taking the initiative in 1977–78 have been a decisive break from the previously practised State driven protectionist system. Investment in the region has been rising and even per capita income has shown some increase, yet the state has not been able to lead these reforms appropriately and efficiently. Thus poverty has not been reduced, ordinary people continue to languish under government programmes and the socially excluded remain outside the mainstream decision making bodies. Governance in South Asia faces the single most important challenge of poverty reduction which continues to blunt and disfigure capacity, self esteem and service delivery system to the poor. This book attempts to bring out microlevel studies from many regions in South Asia to address issues of entrepreneurship, knowledge and professionalism. As an initiator of the idea on developing a critique to the straightjacketed ‘best practice’ research, this book questions the standard practice in evaluating administrative reforms as not being the true base for knowledge. Administrators need to balance capacity and control in every implementation programme. Confining to the knowledge of ‘best practices’ may conceal enormous amount of information from the ‘less than best’ practices which may be necessary to sustain good initiatives of public managers. This book highlights areas of active networking, partnerships and collaborations amongst state and non-state bodies, NGOs and specialist Science and Technical Organizations. The true nature of governance is explained and demonstrated through the processes which otherwise pass off undetected in macro-understanding of governance.
Download or read book Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report explains poverty analysis, and diagnoses poverty in Sri Lanka, describing its causes and manifestations. It also outlines measures in place to reduce poverty and gives a set of strategic options for ADB.
Download or read book The Role of Public Administration in Alleviating Poverty and Improving Governance written by Jak Jabes and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2005 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the first of a series from The Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG), a network of professionals formed to encourage the continuing development of public administration theory and practice through research and other initiatives, and foster cooperation and collaboration between and among the members in pursuit of related and common interests.
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 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 Regaining Sri Lanka written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussion of the Sri Lankan government's economic program, including its framework for reform, poverty reduction strategy, and action plan.
Download or read book The Political Economy of Good Governance written by Sisay Asefa and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable group of social scientists explore the political economy of good governance and how it relates to performance management, the influence of political parties, education and health issues in developing countries, the economic performance of transition economies, and the effects of climate on poverty.
Download or read book The Role of SHOs NGOs and Government in Poverty Alleviation in Sri Lanka written by Ottfried C. Kirsch and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty and Economic Policy in Sri Lanka written by Muttukrishna Sarvananthan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are gainers and losers in every economic policy instrument. Policymakers would tend to choose economic policies as a result of which the gainers are expected to be greater than the losers. Thus, every economic policy instrument may have implications for income inequality and poverty. The objective of this note is to find out the relationship between economic growth and income inequality and poverty trends in Sri Lanka in the post-independence period, highlight the relationship between macroeconomic indicators and poverty, and provide a critique of the proposed Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) of the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL).The overall argument of this paper is that, higher economic growth has not resulted in greater income inequality or higher poverty levels in Sri Lanka confounding the international experience, and economic reforms are necessary to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty, but the type of growth strategy is of critical importance for poverty reduction.
Download or read book Has GSP Contributed to Poverty Reduction and Fostered Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka written by Muttukrishna Sarvananthan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three core objectives of the GSP are poverty reduction, promotion of 'sustainable development' and 'good governance' in beneficiary countries. Though what 'good governance' specifically means is defined clearly (ratification and effective implementation of 16 core conventions on human and labour rights and ratification and implementation of 11 conventions on good governance and environment), what constitutes 'sustainable development' is defined loosely as meeting the Millennium Development Goals set in 2000 and the Johannesburg declaration of 2002. This paper proposes to primarily investigate whether GSP has reduced poverty and promoted sustainable development in Sri Lanka or not. Thus, good governance is not the focus of this paper though human rights and economics could be complementary to each other (see for example, Seymour and Pincus, 2008). In the recent past there have been lots of public debates in the media about the link between governance issues and the renewal of GSP facility. However, there is total lack of debate on the poverty reduction and sustainable development objectives of the GSP. It is this lacuna that this paper proposes to fill.
Download or read book Reducing Poverty and Sustaining the Environment written by Stephen Bass and published by Earthscan Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to examine the role of politics in environmental issues that matter to the poor and to advocate progressive ways forward Edited by a powerful team of internationally respected environment and development researchers and practitioners Presents a wealth of case study material from China, India, Pakistan, Colombia, Peru, East and South Africa and the Caribbean covering both terrestrial and aquatic resources and environments There are growing concerns and recognition that some development work by governments, aid agencies and NGOs ignores poor people's dependence on environmental quality. There are also signs that some environmental work is pushing 'anti-people' protection methodologies. This volume is the first to address the role of politics in environmental issues that matter to the poor and to examine the important links between poverty and environment. The book demonstrates how working within the national and local political context is crucial for addressing poverty-environment issues, such as environmental health, access to key natural resources for livelihoods, security and coping with environmental disasters. The editors advocate ways in which stakeholders can progress beyond bemoaning the "lack of political will", and show how political processes can be used to change things for the better -- from both poverty reduction and environmental perspectives.
Download or read book Thinking Strategically about Politics and Poverty written by Mick Moore and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sri Lanka written by Weltbankgruppe and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2002 and 2012-13, most of the reduction in poverty was due to increased earnings, as opposed to higher employment or higher transfers. Although it is hard to be certain, increases in earnings are associated with: (i) a slow structural transformation away from agriculture and into industry and services that led to productivity increases; (ii) agglomeration around key urban areas that supported this structural transformation; (iii) domestic-driven growth, including public-sector investment that led to increases in labor demand, particularly in industry and services; and (iv) a commodity boom that led to higher labor earnings for agricultural workers in the context of lower agricultural employment. Sri Lanka's has had impressive development gains but there are strong indications that drivers of past progress are not sustainable. Solid economic growth, strong poverty reduction, overcoming internal conflict, effecting a remarkable democratic transition in recent months, and overall strong human development outcomes are a track record that would make any country proud. However, the country's inward looking growth model based on non-tradable sectors and domestic demand amplified by public investment cannot be expected to lead to sustained inclusive growth going forward. A systematic diagnostic points to fiscal, competitiveness, and inclusion challenges as well as cross-cutting governance and sustainability challenges as priority areas of focus for sustaining progress in ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity.
Download or read book Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in Sri Lanka written by Indra Tudawe and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Lanka is well known f ...
Download or read book Local Governance in Developing Countries written by Anwar Shah and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new institutional economics perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. The experiences of ten developing/transition economies are reviewed to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. The book is written in simple user friendly language to facilitate a wider readership by policy makers and practitioners in addition to students and scholars of public finance, economics and politics.
Download or read book An Evaluation of Samurdhi Banks in Poverty Alleviation written by M. K. Nadeeka Damayanthi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
