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Item Syrian Refugee Crisis and its Socio-Economic Impact to Host countries; Special Reference to Germany & Turkey(2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Jayasinghe, M.T.M.Syrian civil conflict and Syrian refugee crisis is an active issue in the current world Syrian refugee crisis affected other countries in to a complex international problem. It has culminated in to a major issue in its neighboring countries and host countries. Syrian refugees fled to other countries because of the internal conflict of Syria, political instability, extremists’ activities, ethnic and religious problems and arm conflicts. They influx in Europe countries like Germany, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, France and neighboring countries like Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq to seeking their protection and security. Germany and Turkey have been the target countries for flows of many refugees from Syria. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlighted that, Germany and Turkey were the countries within highest number of Syrian refugees in world. The Syrian refugees who lives in host countries are affected by the host countries culture, economy, society and the internal security policies. The outcome of this influence may be negative or positive for the host countries, especially since the refugees have arrived in Germany and Turkey there have been many challengers and differences in the economic and social sectors in this country. The major objective of this study is identifying the Syrian civil conflict and refugee crisis; identifying the host countries response about Syrian refugee crisis; identifying the major socio-economic impact to host countries (Germany, Turkey) and ways of minimizing refugee negative impact to their society and economy. The content analysis method is used to achieve the research objectives through the publication and previously conducted researches. The Syrian civil war shows no signs of ending, due to the influx of Syrian refugees to host countries continuing daily. However, the Europe Union have not established a common ground on how to response to Syrian refugee crisis under this situation the socio-economic effect of refugees to the host countries have increasedItem Alternatives to Power Crisis: Economics of Two Dendropower Plants in Sri Lanka(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Chaturika, G.D.P.N.; Gunawardena, U.A.D.P.Dendropower is a variety of thermal power generated using fuel wood as the raw material for producing thermal energy or electricity as the final output. Dendropower can be proposed as an option to the existing power crisis in Sri Lanka. However, proper economic analysis of dendropower plant has not yet been carried out hindering the replication of such projects. The present study evaluates the viability of two selected dendropower plants in Sri Lanka using Cost Benefit Analysis. Data collection was done by questionnaire surveys, personal communication and with the use of secondary data sources. A power plant with a capacity of 5kW was operated under the management of a Community Based Organization in an off grid area in Moneragala district (Case1) and a power plant with a capacity of 3.5kW operated was under a private ownership in a high yielding coconut estate which were selected as two study sites. Both power plants produce electricity by gasification and internal combustion engine technologies using in-situ grown Gliricidia sepium sticks. The major costs of both projects were initial costs of power plant installation, operational and maintenance costs. The major benefits of case 1 were crop protection from wild animals and electricity benefit and major benefits of case 2 were fertilizer substitution benefit from gliricidia leaves and electricity benefit. For the calculations, it was assumed that the net carbon dioxide emission was close to zero at both sites. According to the results, case 1 is viable with a NPV of Rs.- 1,195,777.42 and the case two is viable with a positive NPV of Rs. 1,063,459.94 at 10% discount rate for 20 year period of time. Both cases are viable from the economic point of view even with a 10% increase of total cost and a 10% reduction in total benefits. The study recommends that the dendropower plants are viable ventures from economic point of view where enough lands are available to grow sustainably grown fuel wood.