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Labour Migration of women: Impact on Household Income, Savings and Investment as Integral Component of Economic Development in Sri Lanka

Handapangoda, W.S.; Kumara, M.H.A.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Women around the world form a mosaic without which no pattern of development could be understood in its totality. Stereotype men have been that of ‘bread winners’, and the ‘natural’ role of women is seen as that of ‘home ...
Labour Productivity, Export and FDI in a Structural Equation Analysis: Case of Manufacturing Industries of Shandong, China

Yun, L.; Karunaratne, J.A.; Gao, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Using a set of panel data about 29 2-digit manufacturing industries of Shandong during 1998-2002, this paper examines the determinants of labour productivity, export propensity and FDI presence in a system of equations. ...
Labour Turnout in the Plantation Sector: A Study on Selected Large Scale Tea Estates in Sri Lanka

Chandrabose, A.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

One of the major Contemporary issues in the plantation sector is centred on labour. There is a mismatch between the availability of labour and their turnout. Around 30 per cent of the resident workforce does not pursue ...
Land Allocation for Crops through Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation Approach: A Case Study of Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka

Suthakar, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The goal of sustainable land use planning is to meet the needs of all prospective land users while at the same time ensuring that the natural resource base is protected. One of the main prerequisites to achieve this goal ...
Land fragmentation in rural Sri Lanka: A Sociological analysis of a Southern Sri Lankan village

Vitharana, L.D.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Land fragmentation is one of major social issues in rural Sri Lanka and this problem emerged under the British rule. However, the gravity of this problem is continuing in current rural society of Sri Lanka due to various ...
Language and Identity after Five Hundred Years of Colonization

Gunesekera, M. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

This paper examines the controversial issue of the status of the official, national or link language/s of Sri Lanka. The focus of the study is on perspectives of language and identity among speakers of English in Sri ...
The learning process (Learning Culture) of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka

Senathiraja, R.; de Alwis, W.P.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The SMEs is playing an important role in the economy development in Sri Lanka. However, the data available shows that the growth rate of SMEs is less than 30% in Sri Lanka .It indicates that most of the entrepreneurs are ...
The level of match between the learning styles of students and the teaching styles of lecturers of Universities in the field of Management. (One university as a case study)

de Alwis, W.P.G.; Sridharan, U. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

There is an unemployment problem of graduate in Sri Lanka, because of low demand for graduate from business sector. Industry perception views that the Management education is somewhat cognitive and conceptual in approach ...
Longing for Equal Status: A Study on Changing Social Status among the Plantation Tamils in Sri Lanka

Piyaratne, A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Contemporary Sri Lanka is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country as a result of a series of historical developments and mainly due to the colonial rules in the past. Therefore studying the Tamil community in general ...
The LTTE Air Asset

de Silva, G.Y.U. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The LTTE's Acquisition of Air Assets means that it has acquired Strategic Depth and capabilities that would not only bolster its Military, that mainly comprises guerrilla fighters, but also bring VPs, Air Assets and ...
Main characteristics of present China's arbitration system

Tan, B. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The paper discusses that the prevailing system of arbitration in China, based on China's Arbitration Law, is altogether a new kind of arbitration system, depends on eight different characteristics from china's past ...
Maldivian Seafaring in the Pre-Portuguese Period

Mohamed, N. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The settlers of the Maldives came from many lands, but in the battle for survival in difficult conditions, they melded together into one nation. In a country that is more sea than land, they learned to live in harmony ...
Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Sri Lanka

Liyanage, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Whether the pregnancy and childbirth is a normal event or only a biomedical condition, is yet to be resolved with clear-cut definitions. In the context of Sri Lanka, it had been totally managed by the lay people till the ...
Model for Tourism Forecasting and Policy in Complex Situations

Cooray, T.M.J.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Information about the current and forecast levels of tourism and its contribution to the economy is important for policymaking by businesses and governments. Traditional forecasting methods can provide reasonable forecasts ...
Music: Links between Music in Sri Lanka Today and the Portuguese Conquest Period

Basnayake, V. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Looking at two kinds of ongoing musical activity in Sri Lanka - Catholic church music and baila-kaffringha, I seek to trace a connection between them and the Portuguese conquest period. In baila-kqffrmgha there is no ...
The Nature, Problems and Challenges of Handicraft Industry in Sri Lanka

Masakorala, P.P. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

There are varies develop met strategies, which have been tested to develop Sri Lanka. But still the country is in the category of poor countries. In the attempt of attaining development there are several problems. Therefore ...
Negotiating Peace in Sri Lanka: Dynamics and Implications

Singh, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Peace in any society is primarily a contractual peace, which becomes durable with the social capital formation. The diminishing social capital generates the unrest and, thus negotiations for peace starts for revitalizing ...
A New Approach to Typological Classification of Pottery: A Case Study of Lower Kirindi oya Basin in Southern Sri Lanka

Dissanayake, R.D. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

This is an analytical study of ancient pottery recovered from the Lower Kirindi oya Basin (LKB) in Hambantota district of the Southern Province. In the period between 1999 and 2002, an area of 300 km2 around the Tissamaharama ...
New Insights on the Relationship among Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Employee Motivation and Organizational Development

Handapangoda, W.S.; Galahitiyawe, N.W.K.; Sajeewani, T.L. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Today organizations largely attribute their success to a strong and firmly ingrained organizational culture and the analysis of organizational culture is one of the most important specialties in the area of organizational ...
New Theorem on Primitive Pythagorean Triples

Piyadasa, R.A.D.; Karunathilake, N.G.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

As a result of our survey on primitive Pythagorean triples, we were able to prove the following theorem: All primitive Pythagorean triples can be generated by almost one parametera , satisfyinga > 2 +1. Furthermore, a ...

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