Financial Times - IPS releases seven new publications

The Institute of Policy Studies has released seven new publications, copies of which could be obtained at the IPS office at No. 131, St. Michael’s Road, Colombo 03, and leading bookshops island-wide.

They are “Livelihoods in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka: “Building Back Better?” - edited by Paul Steele which provides analysis to the government, NGOs and development agencies to support livelihood recovery among tsunami affected households so that they may “build back better ”, “Annotated Bibliography of Microfinance in Sri Lanka: 1980-2005 – by Ganga Tilakaratna, Ayodya Galappattige and Thusitha Kumara, dealing with microfinance issues; “Devolution Revisited: Towards a More Effective Devolutionary Polity” by Shelton Wanasinghe which assesses the experience of the functioning of the Provincial Council system in Sri Lanka since its introduction in 1987; “A Framework for Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) for Sri Lanka - by Jayatilleke S. Bandara and Athula Naranpanawa; “Sri Lanka National Health Accounts 2000 – 2002” – by an IPS Research Team; “Microfinance in Sri Lanka: A Household Level Analysis of Outreach and Impact on Poverty” - by Ganga Tilakaratna, Upali Wickramasinghe and Thusitha Kumara; and “Decentralization and Provincial Finance in Sri Lanka: 2004 - An Update” by D D M Waidyasekera.