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An Economical Analysis of the Marketing System of Agricultural Production in the Mahaweli "H" Zone in Sri Lanka

Shiratake, Y.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (1999-12)
Agricultural Restructuring in Sri Lanka : A Case Study on the Export Crop Sector

Amaratunge, S.; Shiratake, Y. (2000)
Empirical Evidence of Small Scale Industries in the Third World: An Overview of the Literature

Amaratunge, S.; Shiratake, Y. (Saga National University, Japan, 2001)

This paper reviews the literature on small industries and analyses the sector's importance to developing economies. The main objective of almost all development programmes in developing countries is to equalize the level ...
Alternative Agriculture as a Method of Strengthening the Agricultural Sector in Sri Lanka: A Case Study on Coconut Triangle

Amarathunge, S.; Rathnayake, P.; Shiratake, Y.; Takida, Y. (2001)
Role of Small Industries in Economic Development of Sri Lanka: A Quantitative Aspect

Amaratunge, S. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2003)

The main objective of this paper is to review and assess the effectiveness of existing small industries to the economic development process of Sri Lanka. The extremely rapid developments in the field of small industries ...
Survival of Small Industries in Sri Lanka: Past Problems and Present Strategies

Amaratunge, S. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2004)

The need for economic development for full employment, equity, poverty alleviation and regional development in the Third World cannot be over-emphasized. It is well known that agriculture and service sectors, by themselves, ...
Poverty, Inequality and Development: Some Field Experiences from Rural Sector in Sri Lanka

Amaratunge, S. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2004)

Undoubtedly Development requires a higher and sustainable growth rate. Considering the economic development in third world the most important issue is not only how to make GNP grow but also to make sure as to who would ...
Origins of Rural Poverty in Sri Lanka: An Empirical Model

Siriwardhane, D.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (University of Colombo, Colombo, 2007)

Paper presented on International Research Conference on Knowledge for Growth and Development, held in Sri Lanka (2007) ORIGINS OF RURAL POVERTY IN SRI LANKA: AN EMPIRICAL MODEL Siriwardhane Dinesha Department of Business ...
An Inquiry of Major Changes in the Methodology of Technical and Allocative Efficiencies in Economics: A Review of Literature

Rathnayake, R.M.A.K.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2011)

Efficiency measurements have been the concern of researchers with an aim to investigate the efficiency levels of almost all economic activities. Empirical estimation and identifying the determinants of efficiency are the ...
The Impact of Divergence in Internal Business Practices on Improving Productivity: The Case of Ceylon Tobacco Company

Amaratunge, S.; Dishanka, S. (2011-12-01)

In a globalized context, business organizations are very much committed towards improving productivity of its core business activities. In this process, industrial relations, training and development and socio-cultural ...
An Empirical Study of Software Development Failures in Sri Lanka

Amaratunge, S.P.P.; Perera, A.J. (2012)

Software development projects are considered as a unique entity in terms of project management due to the inherent attributes they encapsulate, thus making them distinct and susceptible to failure. Therefore, the importance ...
Japanese Grass Root Level Technical Assistance on Sri Lanka’s Regional Development: Case Study on Coconut Triangle Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union

Amaratunge, S.P.P.; Amaratunge, S. (Saga National University, Japan, 2012)

The concept of technology transfer is not a new subject for developing countries. For many decades this has been one of the major areas that many people have critically conferred. Sri Lanka is not an exception in this ...
Dynamics of international labour migration of Sri Lanka

De Silva, I.; Siriwardhane, D. (2012)

The objective of this study is to examine the recent patterns of international labour migration dynamics of Sri Lanka to understand the issues related to the recent migration. The study primarily relies on secondary data ...
Gender Dimension of Remittance Behavior: Towards a New Remittance Estimation Method

Siriwardhane, D.; De Silva, I.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (University of Colombo, Colombo, 2013)

Pdf is attached
Evolution of the Methodology of Technical and Allocative Efficiency Studies in Economics: A Review of Literature

Rathnayake, R.M.A.K.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2014)

Efficiency measurements have been a great concern of researchers with an aim to study the efficiency levels of almost all economic activities. Empirical estimation and identifying the determinants of efficiency are the ...
Sri Lanka – Middle East Labour Migration Corridor: Trends, Patterns and Structural Changes

Siriwardhane, D.; De Silva, I.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (2014)

Objective of this study is to explore the recent trends, patterns and the structural changes in the labour migration from Sri Lanka to Middle East countries and to discuss the possible impacts of those changes on the ...
An Examination/Study of the Impact of the Academic Background of Business Leaders on the Development of Knowledge Economy in Sri Lanka

Tennakoon, T.M.A.; Gunawardena, K.D.; Amaratunge, S.P.P. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015)

Education is the most fundamental but an important enabler of knowledge economy. Knowledge economy is based on the production, dissemination and use of knowledge as the main driver of growth, wealth creation and employment. ...
Increasing Family Disputes and Divorce in Modern Sri Lanka: Is Labour Migration a Key Contributor?

De Silva, W.I.; Siriwardhane, D. (Swedish South Asian Network, Lund University, 2015-05)

Qualitative and quantitative investigations was made on sample of 625 households of migrant families to elucidate the impact of labour migration on increasing pattern of family disputes, divorce and their wellbeing in Sri ...
Brain Circulation at Industry-Level: Evidence from the Knowledge Services Industry in Sri Lanka

Fernando, P.J.S. (American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2015-06)

Brain circulation is critically important in the globalized and knowledge-based economy as returning skilled migrants are recognized as knowledge transmitters between the center and the periphery. The present study analyzed ...
Development of Vehicle Transhipment in Sri Lanka: Case Study of Hambantota Port

Dilka, P.D.K.; Amaratunge, S.; Withanawasam, M.P.K. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 2015-12-07)

Due to the characteristics unique to vehicle transhipment, the Colombo Port is unable to handle much vehicle transhipment, since it gives priority to container transhipment. As an effective measure to ease the long berthing ...

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