Monthly Archives: November, 2005
Applications now open for LIRNEasia Young Scholar Tutorials, hosted by NUS, Singapore. Click here for info on how to apply.
LIRNEasia at WSIS Nov 15
Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia’s Executive Director, chaired the session on Core ICT indicators for monitoring and evaluation at a parallel event at WSIS on November 15, 2005. Genevieuve Feraud from UNCTAD, Chandamas Thuvasethakul of NECTEC, Thailand and Pablo Tactuk from the National Statistical Office, Dominican Republic were the presenters. In addition to chairing, Rohan also made [...]
LIRNEasia’s Executive Director moderates panel discussion on offshoring
Sri Lanka aims to be paradise for high-end outsourcing
By Poornima Weerasekara
The need to position Sri Lanka as a provider of top-end, high [...]
Study of Indian Universal Service Instruments
A draft version of the research report submitted by Payal Malik and Harsha de Silva titled “Diversifying Network Participation: Study of India’s Universal Service Instruments” is now available for download as a PDF document.
Please provide your feedback in the comments section to improve the research report
Study of Indian Universal Service Instruments – Draft Report
Satellite Radio for Hazard Warning Demonstrated to Sir Arthur Clark
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8 November 2005: An addressable satellite radio system for hazard warning was demonstrated to Sir Arthur C. Clarke in Colombo, Sri Lanka this week.
It has been designed by WorldSpace, Inc., in collaboration with Raytheon Corporation of the US, at the request of LIRNEasia, a Sri Lankan research organization.
The satellite radio is the [...]
Reducing transaction costs
In 2006, LIRNEasia hopes to start a new line of research on the role ICTs play in reducing transaction costs in the economy. Our work will begin from research on Harsha de Silva’s Govi Gnana Service (GGS) project that seeks to provide real time information on market prices at Sri Lanka’s largest agricultural wholesale market. [...]
Recent Comments