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A recent visit from a Research Officer of the Embassy of Japan, Sri Lanka

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23 May 2025

We were delighted to receive a visit from Ms Tsugumi Toyota, Research Officer from Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka.  

She is currently conducting research on the sustainability of the plantation sector and the well-being of its workforce as a part of the embassy's efforts to deepen its understanding of both micro- and macro-level economic conditions in Sri Lanka.

We arranged for Ms Toyota to meet Professor Suresh de Mel, Professor Dileni Gunewardena and Mrs Shobanadevi Rajendran from the Department of Economics & Statistics, University of Peradeniya.

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Mapping and Understanding the Care Economy in Sri Lanka, with the goal of placing the Care Economy on the Sri Lankan Policy Agenda - Main Survey

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28 March 2025

Main survey is scheduled to begin in March 2025, with enumerator training in May and field work to begin in June, 2025.

This project is funded by Co-impact.

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Care Economies in Context

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17 February 2024

Due to the increasing attention being paid to the need for care on a worldwide scale, a detailed evaluation of its economic significance and contribution to national development is imperative.  As a result, pressure will be on legislators to give this problem top priority.

The Social Science Research Council of Canada, the University of Toronto, Verite Research, and Kandy Consulting Group are in the process of conducting a pilot survey to acquire quantitative data.

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Women in Work - Sri Lanka Employment

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18 May 2023

Currently, Kandy Consulting Group is in partnership with SEO Amsterdam Economics in conducting an extensive impact evaluation exercise for the “Women in Work Sri Lanka” project funded by the Australian Agency for International Development, and implemented by the International Finance Corporation.

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Partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme (SAPP)

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08 February 2023

Currently we are partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme (SAPP), in uplifting rural farmer communities and supporting rural economic development.

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Social Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Poverty Reduction after the Civil War in Sri Lanka

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23 August 2022

We are collaborating on a project with Kobe University (Japan) and the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) in identifying some of the persistent effects of the Eelam war on present day Sri Lankans.

In addition the study also inquires various impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis currently affecting the country.

Read more: Social Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Poverty Reduction after the Civil War in Sri Lanka

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