Shamistra Soysa

Shamistra joined LIRNEasia in February 2007. As a researcher at LIRNEasia, she studied the use of ICTs in reducing transaction costs and improving traceability in agricultural markets, as well as in the delivery of governance services. She also worked on improving the methodology and developing a manual for LIRNEasia’s telecom regulatory environment (TRE) assessments, and assisted in conducting the TRE study in the Maldives. Shamistra left LIRNEasia in December 2008 to join PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sri Lanka as an associate consultant in the Performance Improvement Consulting team.