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25 April 2018
Urban Community Profiles: Safe Relocation and Resettlement in Post-War Sri Lanka
Published by: Routledge
In this chapter, we offer some theories about how to create safer cities in post- war countries. We do this by presenting our research on the losses and gains of two relocated urban IDP communities in post- war Sri Lanka: Colombo, the national capital, and Jaffna, the capital of the country’s northern province.
Project
Evidence Map and Rapid Evidence Assessment on Modern Slavery
Tackling Modern Slavery both within the UK and internationally is a top priority for the UK Government, as underlined in the modern slavery strategy.
Brief
1 September 2017
Public-Private Collaborations: Can they Deliver Secure and Inclusive Rural Economies?
This paper looks at the role of public-private collaborations, specifically public-private partnerships (PPPs), in enabling secure and inclusive rural economies.
Publication
10 May 2017
Urban Resettlement in Colombo from a Wellbeing Perspective: Does Development-Forced Resettlement Lead to Improved Wellbeing?
Published by: Oxford University Press
This article tries to determine how resettlement and associated social, cultural and economic transformations impact on beneficiaries' sense of wellbeing in the medium term. We examine how displacement and resettlement determine material, relational and subjective dimensions of wellbeing among the affected communities.
Working Paper
9 February 2017
The Political Economy of Long-Term Revenue Decline in Sri Lanka
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Sri Lankan governments collected a high proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in taxes. They spent most of that money on mass provision of health and education services, and subsidised food. Sri Lanka was a model welfare state, with unusually high human development indicators. Contemporary Sri Lankan governments spend very little on their poor citizens.
Past Event
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
From Sri Lanka to Syria: Photographing Aid in times of Conflict
Since 2008 Russell has worked for DFID documenting the impact of the UK’s overseas aid in developing countries around the world.
Journal Article
27 January 2016
New Media and Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka
Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) help transform violent conflict and strengthen democracy? Can they strengthen...
Journal Article
27 January 2016
Gendering the New Security Paradigm in Sri Lanka
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article points to the significant military turn that has taken place in Sri Lanka following the armed conflict between the Sri...
Journal Article
8 January 2016
Development Professionals: Reconciling Personal Values with Professional Values
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article is the result of conversations among a group of development professionals associated with the Centre for Poverty Analysis...