Documents
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Sri Lanka Social Safety Net Survey: Survey Methodology Note
Sri Lanka Social Safety Net Survey: Survey Methodology Note
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RFP: Sri Lanka Social Safety Net – Qualitative Study
Sri Lanka Social Safety Net – Qualitative Study
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Social Safety Nets: Reform in Sri Lanka (Presentation)
Slides presented at the Advocata Institute’s #ReformNow conference on 5 August 2022
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Social safety nets – the way forward
Launch of NMSJ Common Minimum Programme – 21 June 2022
Events
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Social protection reform in Sri Lanka discussed at Advocata ReformNow Conference
The fragmented social protection system in Sri Lanka has been in need of reform for many years.
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LIRNEasia research on social safety nets discussed on AdvoChats
Gayani Hurulle discussed LIRNEasia's research on social safety nets in Sri Lanka on an 'AdvoChat' organized by the Advocata Institute.
People
Blogs and Updates
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Sri Lanka Social Safety Net Survey: Survey Methodology Note
Sri Lanka Social Safety Net Survey: Survey Methodology Note
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Reimagining Sri Lanka’s social safety nets
In our blogpost with Citra Labs, we explore the role digital and data can play in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of social safety nets (social assistance) in Sri Lanka.
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සුබසාධන ප්රතිලාභ බෙදාහැරීම සමෘද්ධි බැංකු ඒකාධිකාරයක් නොවිය යුත්තේ ඇයි?
සමෘද්ධි දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජනරාල්වරයා විසින් 2022 අගෝස්තු 29 වැනි දින නිකුත් කරන ලද චක්රලේඛය අනුව, ජ්යෙෂ්ඨ පුරවැසියන්, ආබාධිත පුද්ගලයන් (PWDs) සහ වකුගඩු රෝගීන් සඳහා මාසික මුදල් ආධාර ලබාදීම් 2022 සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේ සිට සමෘද්ධි බැංකු හරහා කළ යුතුය.
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Samurdhi banks should not have monopoly on distributing welfare benefits
(Note: This was originally published in the Daily FT) The Director General of the Department of Samurdhi released a circular on 29 August stating that monthly cash transfers to senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and kidney patients must be administered through Samurdhi banks from September 2022.
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RFP: Sri Lanka Social Safety Net – Qualitative Study
Sri Lanka Social Safety Net - Qualitative Study
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Social protection reform in Sri Lanka discussed at Advocata ReformNow Conference
The fragmented social protection system in Sri Lanka has been in need of reform for many years.
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Improving social protection in Sri Lanka: LIRNEasia research on TV
I was invited to speak on Social Safety Nets in Sri Lanka on ‘The People’s Platform’ a 45 minute live TV programme on NewsFirst.
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Social Safety Nets: Reform in Sri Lanka (Presentation)
Slides presented at the Advocata Institute’s #ReformNow conference on 5 August 2022
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Social safety nets – the way forward
Launch of NMSJ Common Minimum Programme – 21 June 2022
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LIRNEasia research on social safety nets discussed on AdvoChats
Gayani Hurulle discussed LIRNEasia's research on social safety nets in Sri Lanka on an 'AdvoChat' organized by the Advocata Institute.
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Social Safety Nets as Sri Lanka Seeks Economic Recovery
LIRNEasia’s Chair Prof.
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Cash transfers to the poor urgently needed; but who is poor in Sri Lanka?
The need for cash transfer to ease the inflationary burden faced by Sri Lankans has never been higher.