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Making Peace-Keeping Peace

The study examines the dual impact of the sudden influx of IDPs – the dominant view in the host community that this influx created the foundation for conflict by increasing the competition for resources in the area, and the contribution made by the IDPs towards the local economy. 

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Communicating Research; Influencing Change

 

CEPA’s 8th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research held in 2007, explored how knowledge generated through research can be effectively communicated to influence change. Based on the discussions and presentations from this symposium this book addresses the current context and key issues around evidence-based policymaking in Sri Lanka.

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The Multiple Dimensions of Child Poverty in Sri Lanka

 

CEPA’s 8th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research held in 2007, explored how knowledge generated through research can be effectively communicated to influence change. Based on the discussions and presentations from this symposium this book addresses the current context and key issues around evidence-based policymaking in Sri Lanka.

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What We Do

The Centre for Poverty Analysis is a professional service provider promoting a better understanding of poverty related issues in Sri Lanka.
CEPA offers advisory and training services, based on applied empirical research to organisations and professionals working towards poverty reduction.

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38th Open Forum on Poverty: " Urban Poverty in the US and Sri Lanka: how different is it?"
This open forum was featured a presentation entitled Rethinking Urban Poverty: Lessons from Philadelphia for South Asian Cities by Prof. Lakshman Yapa, Professor of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University.
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The 10th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka, organised by CEPA was held on 4 December 2009. The thematic focus the Symposium was child poverty with a view to provide an alternative understanding to inform policy and practice.
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From the Poverty Blog

Malnutrition: Today’s problem – Tomorrow’s crisis Sri Lanka has achieved excellent health indicators in maternal and infant mortality, life expectancy and immunization. Yet malnutrition remains a major problem. Why is malnutrition a problem today but a crisis tomorrow?
Visualising Poverty Visual as a way of conveying that it takes less to support someone in poverty than the money spent on such an item.We would like to open a discussion about this advertisement campaign and obtain your views on it.

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