• Fiscal Deficit Sustainability and Fiscal Policy Persistence In The West African Monetary Zone 

  Alabi, M.K.; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka, 2021)

  The Economic Community of West African States launched the name of its proposed currency, eco, in June, 2019 for its proposed monetary union. The Regional body stipulated certain convergence criteria to be met before member ...
• Fiscal Policy and the Business Cycle in the West African Monetary Zone 

  Alabi, M.K.; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka, 2020)

  The Economic Community of West African States has come up with a new single currency to be used for its proposed West African monetary union. It is called eco. Among the West African states are a group of countries ...
• Survey on Returnee Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Living and Working Conditions and Institutional Support Mechanisms 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai; Piper, Nicola; Perera, Sunethra (Centre for Migration Research and Development, 2023)

  The report presents the preliminary results of a survey of returnee migrant workers conducted in May 2022 in the Western and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. The primary objective of the survey was to examine the living and ...
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sri Lankan Migrant Workers in the Gulf Region 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2023)

  At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the crowded labour camps, where most Sri Lankan low-wage migrant workers in the Gulf resided, became breeding grounds for COVID-19 and had to be placed in isolation with entry ...
• Financing of Internal Displacement: Excerpts from the Sri Lankan Experience 

  Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai; Lakshman, R.W.D. (Disasters, Wiley, 2010)

  This paper investigates how internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, financed their first year of displacement. We conducted extensive fieldwork in August 2007 in numerous welfare centres in Batticaloa ...

• Fiscal Deficit Sustainability and Fiscal Policy Persistence In The West African Monetary Zone 

  Alabi, M.K.; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka, 2021)

  The Economic Community of West African States launched the name of its proposed currency, eco, in June, 2019 for its proposed monetary union. The Regional body stipulated certain convergence criteria to be met before member ...
• Fiscal Policy and the Business Cycle in the West African Monetary Zone 

  Alabi, M.K.; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka, 2020)

  The Economic Community of West African States has come up with a new single currency to be used for its proposed West African monetary union. It is called eco. Among the West African states are a group of countries ...
• Survey on Returnee Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka: A Gendered Analysis of Living and Working Conditions and Institutional Support Mechanisms 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai; Piper, Nicola; Perera, Sunethra (Centre for Migration Research and Development, 2023)

  The report presents the preliminary results of a survey of returnee migrant workers conducted in May 2022 in the Western and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. The primary objective of the survey was to examine the living and ...
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sri Lankan Migrant Workers in the Gulf Region 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2023)

  At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the crowded labour camps, where most Sri Lankan low-wage migrant workers in the Gulf resided, became breeding grounds for COVID-19 and had to be placed in isolation with entry ...
• Financing of Internal Displacement: Excerpts from the Sri Lankan Experience 

  Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai; Lakshman, R.W.D. (Disasters, Wiley, 2010)

  This paper investigates how internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, financed their first year of displacement. We conducted extensive fieldwork in August 2007 in numerous welfare centres in Batticaloa ...
• Impact of Displacement on Women and Female-Headed Households: A Mixed Method Analysis With a Microeconomic Touch 

  Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai; Lakshman, R.W.D. (Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford University Press, 2012)

  This article analyses forced displacement through a gender lens, focusing on the experiences of women and also of female headed households. It uses a set of qualitative as well as quantitative data, covering internally ...
• Why is the VAT Not a ‘Money Machine’ in Sri Lanka? 

  Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Sri Lanka Economic Journal, 2010)

  Value Added Tax (VAT) has proved itself an effective form of taxation and its growth is unprecedented by any other concept in taxation in the world. As in most other developed and developing countries the push for fundamental ...
• Returning Home: A Comparative Analysis of the Experiences of Sri Lankan First- and Second-Generation Refugee Returnees from India 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Oxford University Press, 2023)

  Since the end of the civil war in 2009, Sri Lankan refugees in India have begun to return home slowly. This article examines the reintegration experiences of firstgeneration returnees vis-a`-vis second-generation returnees ...
• The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (Comparative Migration Studies, Springer, 2021)

  The spread of Covid-19 in Qatar and the pandemic-led economic slump in the country have substantial financial implications for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar and the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as Qatar has been ...
• External Sector Gender Wage Gaps in Sri Lanka: An Analysis Using Matching Techniques 

  Kulatunga, Sasini T.K (Colombo University Press, 2021)
• Role of social and environmental sustainability in driving consumer brand loyalty of young adults: a case study on five-star hotel brands in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

  Suraweera, S.A.D.P.P. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Social sustainability and environmental sustainability are the emerging trends of the sustainability aspect of a corporate setting since it is giving back to the community and the environment. Because of the emotional ...
• Potential of developing scuba diving tourism in Sri Lanka: scuba diving operators perspective. 

  Kothalawala, H.S.; Arachchi, R.S.S.W. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Scuba diving tourism is one of the fast-growing tourism activities globally. Therefore, it is identified as a potential adventure tourism segment. Sri Lanka Scuba diving tourism segment has been identified as a niche ...
• The relationship between the concept of sense of place and willingness to pay for historical and cultural places in Sri Lanka 

  Hettiarachchi, T. U. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  This study aims to examine the relationship between sense of place and willingness to pay for historical and cultural places in the Sri Lankan context. Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Sri Lanka is the focus of this study. To ...
• Environmental management and operational cost: the case of hotel sector in Sri Lanka 

  Liyanage, M. L. A. N.; Kaldeen, Mubarak; Ishar Ali, M. S. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  The goal of this study was to determine the effect of environmental management on hotels' operational costs. To determine the strength of the relationship between operational cost and environmental management, Environmental ...
• Impact of tourist satisfaction on their revisit’s: reference to wellness tourism in Sri Lanka. 

  Koswatte, A.; Lasanthi, M.; Silva, Suranga D.A.C. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  The concept wellness as a lifestyle has been the topic of substantive investigation, but most of this research has focused on incorporating the harmony between functions of body, mind and spirit. But the question ...
• An application of 7 PS of marketing mix for the SME sector during COVID19 pandemic with special reference to Sigiriya. University of Colombo. 

  Rathnayake, J.; Senarathna, C.; Siriwardena, S. (University of Colombo, 2021)

  Tourism industry is one of the major industries which can basically generate foreign exchange and employment opportunities to a country. There, the SME sector is playing a vital role in creating business opportunities ...
• Impact of Migration of Sri Lankan Professionals to Qatar on Skill Acquisition and Brain Drain 

  Ekanayake, Anoji; Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai (2020)

  Since the boom in the economies of Gulf countries in the mid- 1970s, the region has gradually become an appealing destination for professional migrants. In the Gulf, professionals gain skills and knowledge which could be ...
• The Effectiveness of Exchange Rate Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Sri Lanka. 

  Sandaroo, N.D.V.; Mallikahewa, S.N.K. (2017)

  This study examines the effectiveness of the exchange rate channel in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in Sri Lanka during the period from 1978 to 2015. A negative relationship between the two variables is ...
• An Investigation on the Transaction Motivation and the Speculative Motivation of the Demand for Money in Sri Lanka. 

  Mallikahewa, S.N.K.; Silva, N.D. (2013)

  The main objective of this study is to empirically investigate the transaction (income elasticity) and speculative motivations (interest rate elasticity) of the demand for money in the Sri Lankan context and to examine its ...
• Effectiveness of the Credit Channel for Curbing Inflation in Sri Lanka. 

  Mallikahewa, S.N.K.; Perera, W.E. Piumini (2014)

  This study mainly aims to investigate the viability and the effectiveness of credit channel of monetary policy transmission mechanism to maintain the price stability in Sri Lanka specially focusing on the bank lending ...

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