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Restoration of livelihoods in former war affected areas in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Thalpawila, O.N.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-10-25T09:57:36Z
dc.date.available 2016-10-25T09:57:36Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Thalpawila, O.N. 2016. Restoration of livelihoods in former war affected areas in Sri Lanka. 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (3rd ICSS), 30th September - 01st October 2016, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 149. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14770
dc.description.abstract The Government of Sri Lanka commenced a post-war reconstruction process in order to build a sustainable peace as soon as the civil war ended in May 2009. The government considered restoration of livelihoods as the second step of early recovery needed to provide relief to the IDPs to complete the resettlement process successfully. Since the majority of people in the Northern and the Eastern provinces depend for their livelihoods on agriculture, fisheries, and animal husbandry, the government made arrangements to set up an environment conducive to the restarting of their livelihoods. Because of this government policy, the people were able to commence their usual livelihood activities in their own villages. The aim of this paper is to determine the effectiveness of the government’s assistance to the restoration of the livelihood in the former war affected areas in Sri Lanka. The primary and secondary data have been based on this study. The primary data was collected from in depth interviews with resettled people in the northern and the eastern provinces and the field observations. The secondary data were collected from the government reports and non-government documents. The government policy appears to have produced positive results because a significant increase in paddy production and fishing harvest in the Northern and Eastern provinces has been reported in the last five years. Although the government supported the farmers and fishermen in various ways, some problems have arisen in some areas of the Northern Province. Although the government has been involved in promoting their livelihood prospects in different ways, the majority of people in the North suffer from absolute poverty and deprivation. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject post war reconstruction en_US
dc.subject restoration of livelihood en_US
dc.subject agriculture en_US
dc.subject fishing en_US
dc.subject daily wage earners en_US
dc.subject vocational training en_US
dc.title Restoration of livelihoods in former war affected areas in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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