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Commentary on returns, resettlement and land issues in the North of Sri Lanka

2010 | Fonseka, B.

This paper addresses how government and other stakeholders handle return and resettlement. It captures the ground realities of return and resettlement in the North, highlighting several obstacles to s..

Is land just for men? : Critiquing discriminatory laws, regulations and administrative practices relating to land and property rights of women in Sri Lanka

2010 | Ed. By, Jayawardena, K.P. et.al.

This study examines a range of issues that impact women’s land and property rights with national and provincial laws, regulations and administrative practices in Sri Lanka. Since gender discrimi..

Women’s access to and ownership of land and property in Batticaloa, Jaffna and the Vanni (Conducted in CARE Lift villages).

2005 | Centre for Policy Alternatives

Ownership and control of land and property are key indicators of an individual’s economic and social status. Customary practices and beliefs, laws and practical difficulties have resulted in d..

Penkalin Nilam: A study on women’s land rights in the post-tsunami resettlement process in Baticaloa

2010 | Maunaguru, S. & Emmanuel, S.

This report documents the experiences of women in relation to their land rights. Women’s ability to challenge gender inequalities within the home and the community is greatly enhanced with equ..

Map atlas: Integrated strategic environmental assessment: Northern Province

2011 | Central Environmental Authority and Disaster Management Centre

This Map Atlas developed by the Urban Development Authority, as the agency assisted in overall data compilation and analysis, is organised into four sections. The first section comprises base inform..

National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka: Volume 2, Water quality, environment and climate change.

2010 | Ed.By. Alexandra Evans and K. Jinapala

This is the second volume of the proceedings of the National Conference on ‘Water for Food and Environment’, which was held from June 9 –11, 2009 at the Bandaranaike Memorial Interna..

Land Politics and Conflict in Nepal: Realities and Potentials for Agrarian Transformation

2008 | Bishnu Raj Upreti, Sagar Raj Sharma & Jagat Basnet (eds.)

This book incorporates the results of various land related research conducted by senior doctoral and master’s students, senior researchers as well as experiences and observations of the practiti..

Land in the Eastern Province. Politics, policy and conflict

2010 | Bhavani Fonseka and Mirak Raheem

This report highlights the gaps and shortcomings in the existing Constitutional, Legal and Policy framework, the practical challengers to accessing land, land disputes and conflict as well as boundary..

Rural Land Sector in Sri Lanka: Major Characteristics, Determinants and Implications For Land Policy

2006 | Parakrama A. Samaratunga and Dilhani Marawila

The problems in the rural land sector of Sri Lanka are generally attributed to the failures in the regulatory framework, institutional set-up, markets, property rights system and poverty. This study r..

Absolute and Relative Consumption Poverty in Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Consumer Finance Survey 2003/04

2007 | Dileni Gunewardena, Arunika Meedeniya, Shivapragasam Shivakumaran

This study is a profile of poverty based on household consumption information collected in the Consumer Finance Survey (CFS) of 2003/04. The study is unique in that its estimates of poverty include a ..

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