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Applications now open for LIRNEasia Young Scholar Tutorials, hosted by NUS, Singapore. Click here for info on how to apply.
Harsha de Silva, Eisenhower Fellow
LIRNEasia’s lead economist Dr Harsha de Silva has been selected for the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship. Our warm congratulations to Harsha on this high recognition of his potential as a decisive actor in public policy. The focus on potential for future contributions is evidenced by the fact that all Eisenhower fellows have to [...]
Lalith Weeratunga elected to Chair, ICT Committee, UN-ESCAP
Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka, was recently elected to the chair of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Committee of ESCAP – the Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Speaking to Sandeshaya Weeratunga said that “during the past three years computer literacy in the country has increased from 5 per [...]
Public Administration in an e-Economy
The service sector drives network economies and information societies. The foundation of this sector is the communication network. As such, modern network economies depend on effective reforms in telecom infrastructure to strengthen links among local, national, regional and international networks and markets.
Professor William H. Melody
Technical University of Denmark
London School of Economics
… in his [...]
LIRNEasia Launch Party
The LIRNEasia Launch Party went well – with plenty of eating, drinking and dancing (and minimal photo-taking). Here are a few:
Bill Melody, Milinda Moragoda, and Michael Spence
Lighting of the lamp in gale force winds
The view from a Mount Lavinia Hotel Room
It was an auspicious launch with the personal message from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa [...]
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