WHO WE ARE
Global Vision – Centre for Knowledge Advancement is a not-for-profit
research and consultancy institution registered in Sri Lanka. Stanley
W R de A Samarasinghe serves as its founder Executive Chairman
and K Ananda
Jayawardane as its Executive Director. It has an outstanding
Board of Management
drawn from a variety of fields and with wide experience. A group
of very distinguished persons serve as International
Advisors, Research
Fellows and Consultants.
VISION
Become a major knowledge centre in Sri Lanka and South Asia, seek
creative solutions to meet the challenges facing this region and
the world beyond and help achieve a united, democratic, dynamic
and prosperous Sri Lanka.
MISSION
Bring together talented individuals from Sri Lanka and abroad
to work for democracy, equity and sustainable human development
in Sri Lanka, South Asia and globally.
SCOPE OF WORK
Our program of work includes research, consultancy, education,
training, monitoring and evaluation, publication, conferences and
workshops, public outreach and advocacy.
We work in Sri Lanka, South Asia and elsewhere both singly and
in partnership with others.
SEMINARS
Towards
a Sustainable Peace: Going Beyond the Thirteenth Amendment
Speaker Lal Wijenaike, Attorney-at-Law and former Leader of the
Opposition, Central Provincial Council (April 05, 2008)
The Boxing Day Tsunami in Sri Lanka:
Natural or Political Disaster?
Speaker: Professor Randall Kuhn, Director Global Health Affairs
Program University of Denver, Colorado (March 02, 2008)
GLOBAL VISION BLOG
Read contributions from our Research Fellows and Consultants on
current topics of interest at the GV
Blog.
GV VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
Interview with Dr. Randall Kuhn on Tsunami
Reconstruction
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CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Kandy Urban Traffic Study
Global Vision recently completed an interdisciplinary
evidence-based research study sponsored by The Asia Foundation,
Colombo. Wide community and stakeholder consultation was a
special feature of the research methodology adopted for this
study.
The President of the Chamber of
Commerce and Industries Central Province Anurudda Warnakula
presenting the Kandy Traffic Study Report to the Governor
of the Central Province Tikiri Kobbakaduwa in the presence
of the Mayor of Kandy L B Aluvihara and the DIG of the
Central Province Pujitha Jayasundera.
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GV researchers presented the main findings
and recommendations of the report at a meeting last December
attended by key stakeholders including senior government officials
and business leaders. The main recommendations include the
establishment of a rapid transit train service in Kandy and
a series of cost-effective short-term measures to improve
bus transport, parking and the road network.
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Kandy Traffic Study
Complete Report
Summary Reports: English,
Sinhala,
and Tamil
Environment
Environmental Geographer and GV Research Fellow Dr.
Ram Alagan draws attention to the rapidly declining environmental
condition in Sri Lanka and warns that Sri Lanka is facing great
challenges to conserve its environment than ever before. Dr. Alagan
states that it is time for us to adopt new environmental concepts
and thoughts to conserve Sri Lanka’s environment. If we allow
the current rate of decline in the environment to continue for another
decade, Sri Lanka will face unprecedented environmental challenges
to recover its bio-physical and human environments. Read
the Full Report
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PUBLICATIONS
Presidential Election 2010
By S W R de A Samarasinghe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa convincingly defeated his
main rival, former army commander, General Sarath Fonseka, by 58
per cent (6.0m votes) to 40 per cent votes (4.2m) — a margin
of 18 points — in the island’s presidential election
held last Tuesday. The turnout was high: of the 14m registered voters
74 per cent turned out to vote. But the large margin of victory
was a surprise to many. Read
more>>
Review of the Sri Lanka Economy: October 2009
Dr. Stanley W R de A
Samarasinghe in his monthly economic review notes that the external
reserves are growing and inflation is under control. Interest rates
are also coming down that should stimulate investment. However,
fiscal problems remain. Sri Lanka and EU are still unable find common
ground to resolve the GSP+ dispute. An analysis of the long-term
trend of the UNDP Human Development Index for Sri Lanka –
the 2009 report was released this month - shows how the country
has slipped down relative to many other countries in the past twenty
years. This is another less evident consequence of the war. Read
Full Review.
Read past Monthly
Economic Reviews: August
2009, July
2009, June
2009, May
2009, April
2009, March
2009, February
2009, January
2009
Sri Lanka Business Review: September 2009
Dr. K.Ananda Jayawardane
in his business review for September 2009, points out that the gradual
improvement of the business environment in Sri Lanka after last
May has created several new opportunities and that both the government
and the private sector have demonstrated their interest in exploiting
such opportunities. However the country is also experiencing obstacles
and challenges. One is the demand for immediate and substantial
increases in wages from workers in the formal sector. A second is
the strained relations with some donors and major western trading
partners. These issues need to be appropriately addressed to be
able to fully exploit the business opportunities that have opened
up. Read
Full Review
Read past Monthly
Business Reviews: August
2009, July
2009, June
2009, May
2009, April
2009.
Political Commentary
GV Research Fellow Rajeewa
S Jayasinghe who analyses post war political developments and
the recent provincial council elections does not see much cause
for optimism in so far as the nation’s political future is
concerned. Everybody is happy that terrorism has been defeated.
But that is only the beginning of the long and arduous task towards
building a nation. Unfortunately, Jayasinghe sees signs of disunity
and factionalism in both the results of the recent elections and
other political developments. The only hope, he argues, is to think
“Beyond Borders.” Read
the full article
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