Malathy Knight-John, PhD

Malathy led research in measuring telecom sector and regulatory performance in Sri Lanka. She was the lead researcher on LIRNEasia’s project which investigates the replicability of GrameenPhone’s approach to extending rural connectivity through the use of micro-finance in Bangladesh. She was one of the co-authors of the National Early Warning System (NEWS:SL) concept paper produced by LIRNEasia.  Malathy is a Research Fellow and Head of  Industry and Enterprise Development Policy Unit at the Institute of Policy Studies (Colombo).