In its full color advertisement in today’s Sunday Times, Lanka Bell claims paying users for incoming calls is a new chapter in Telecom history. Is it? May be in Sri Lanka. But we have already discussed similar strategies elsewhere.
Bridging Policy Pathways for an Inclusive Future of Work
On 20th of August 2025, LIRNEasia, together with the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and the Sri Lanka and Maldives office of the International Labour Organization (ILO) convened a policy roundtable discussion titled “Bridging Policy Pathways for an Inclusive Future of Work”. The roundtable brought together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors including policymakers, trade union and corporate representatives and practitioners, together with regional experts through the FutureWORKS Asia network, an initiative funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.
Four Years in Review : 2020-2024
LIRNEasia began in 2004 as a small telecom policy think tank with five staff members, primarily focused on the economics of regulation within the sector. Over time, our work naturally expanded to explore how digital technology and information can improve lives across Asia, from understanding human behavior and economic sectors through large datasets and algorithms to shaping policies that enable inclusive growth.
LIRNEasia Journal Club: Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Inclusive Social Protection
The journal club held on the 17th of April 2025 focused on the report ‘Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Building Inclusive Social Protection Systems’ by Priya Vedavalli, Nikita Kwatra, Sharmadha Srinivasan, and Vikram Sinha of Artha Global published in April 2024. Background Portability of social protection, defined as the ease at which beneficiaries can retain access to social protection when they move across geographic lines, is a significant issue in India.
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