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#SriLanka didn’t have a ‘post-COVID recovery’. It went in2 debt default and an economic crisis. Poverty at new high. Social safety net r key but broken. New data from @lirneasia coming 7th June. Join us in Colombo. @IDRC_CRDI #CORE @IDRCinAsia
Join us for the release of our survey findings and panel discussion on social safety nets and poverty.
Register now: forms.office.com/r/NDf11gdbB…
@MoFSriLanka @ShehanSema @gayanihurulle @tharaka__ @LIRNEasia @cepaSL @advocatalk
@dhananath
#SSNatLA #socialsafetynets #poverty
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"A nation reduced to living from fuel shipment to fuel shipment, aid package to aid package, revolution to revolution. And unless we are very careful, famine is on the horizon. We may have had our Bastille moment, but even revolutionaries need to eat." perspectivemag.co.uk/the-bor…
It was great to work with @Ramathi_B, @helanigalpaya and @LIRNEasia team on the Asia chapter of this Global South study. It maps the nature of harmful information and hate speech in 29 countries in Asia and efforts undertaken to counter it.
A new report on the fight against information disorder in the #GlobalSouth is out. Find out how research we support is gathering evidence on fake news: bit.ly/3xdqQMj
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A 1/3rd Sri Lankans aware of #ecommerce, transport/ridehailing platforms like @daraz_lk @PickMeLK, says @LIRNEasia. But <10% (before & during COVID-19 #lockdowns) use these. Reasons for non-use: ‘don’t need to’ (39%), ‘don’t know how to’ (34%). #digitalsrilanka #onlineservices
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"15% of school-going kids in #lka had no access to #education during March-July 2020 #COVID19 #lockdown as per @LIRNEasia survey. What will be the long-term impacts?" asks @gayanihurulle @IDRCinAsia @IDRC_CRDI @EduForumLK @mot_srilanka #COVID-19 #EduLKA #Edulk #digitalsrilanka
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Access to essentials, education, health & financial services during #lockdowns: Insights from the e-Diary, a tool to conduct #qualitative research during the #pandemic. By @Isusamaratunga
& @gayanihurulle. The full report: lirneasia.net/2021/07/covid-…
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Ensuring smooth functioning of food chains and access to food through digital connectivity during #lockdowns is essential; real time stories from grocery shop owners and consumers.
Read the full article here by @Isusamaratunga: lirneasia.net/2021/06/connec…
GayashiJ retweeted
Girls,
if you have been sexually harassed at least once in your life, retweet and like this tweet.
Trying to see something.
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Sri Lanka: Today marks one year since Ahnaf Jazeem was arrested.
A joint statement by 13 international organizations call for immediate release of Sri Lankan poet detained for a year without charge.
📣 Read online 👉🏾 amnesty.org/en/documents/asa…
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Let's put this in perspective. This is the difference between 2019 and 2020 years: 4 Bn vs 650.4 Bn.
Does money printing create more problems than solutions? 💵🖨️
GOSL printed LKR 650.4 Bn in 2020, compared to LKR 4 Bn in 2019
For more analytical insights, stay tuned for the launch of #lka's first public finance platform 💡
#PublicFinanceLK
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Information & data are needed in #contacttracing and monitoring #quarantine. What have the successes & challenges been in #SriLanka & #Thailand? @Ramathi_B, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Ashwini Natesan & Arthit Suriyawongkul explain here: lirneasia.net/2021/05/resear… #COVID19
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Some thoughts on SL's sub-optimal lockdown communication strategy, based on
@LIRNEasia research. Low hanging fruit include issuing clear guidelines for residents of isolated areas, and giving sufficient lead time to react to isolation announcements
lirneasia.net/2021/05/lockin…
GayashiJ retweeted
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
On Annie Dillard's birthday, her timeless wisdom on the countercultural courage to choose presence over productivity brainpickings.org/2013/06/07…
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Up till now more #Covid19 vaccines have been produced in 🇺🇸 than in 🇮🇳 or 🇪🇺.
While India & EU have exported more than 1/3 of what's been produced on their soil, the Trump/Biden export ban has meant US exported nothing other than a small loan to 🇨🇦&🇲🇽. (chart from Axios)
GayashiJ retweeted
Congratulations to LIRNEasia data scientist @yudhanjaya on making the 2021 @Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia in the Media, Marketing & Advertising category!
bit.ly/3ekE2E0
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The look you give after breaking 32 fragile male egos.
More power to you, DIG Bimshani Jasin Arachchi.
Seriously Sri Lanka, do better.
#IStandWithBimshani #IStandWithDIGBimshani #SayNoToGenderDiscrimination #LKA #SriLanka
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LIRNEasia participated as consultants in @pucslofficial public consultation on water services in the North Central Province. We also visited a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water plant in the Rambawa area. @samarajiva @GayashiJ
