Themes
Basic Services and Social Protection
Connections between poverty and services is integral to understanding why poor people continue to live in disparity, without being able to move completely out of poverty.
Livelihoods and Employment
Global academic and practice discussions at present are concerned about the “future of work” and the changing nature of work.
Social Cohesion and Reconciliation
The Social Cohesion and Reconciliation thematic continues CEPA’s work on poverty and conflict, with a specific focus on existing and emergent inequalities in post-war Sri Lanka.
Sustainable Development
The objective of the thematic is to build a body of knowledge and generate evidence that creates a stronger lobby for a systems change towards sustainable development.
Diasporas and Development
This thematic focuses on the diasporic community, its engagement with local development needs, their expectations in engaging back with Sri Lanka and reconciliation in the post-war context.
Labour Migration
Cross-border migration and its impact on nation-states is receiving an unprecedented amount of focus in public and academic discourse.