2nd ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POVERTY RESEARCH IN SRI LANKA

Sponsored by PIMU/GTZ

Organized by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)

Program to Improve Capacities for Poverty Research (IMCAP)

Sri Lankan Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

13th July 2001 at the SLAAS Auditorium – Colombo

The symposium aims to increase the understanding of the causes and dynamics of poverty in Sri Lanka and to provide recommendations on further research and analysis necessary to formulate proper strategies to alleviate poverty in the country. Poverty in this regard is being understood as a multidimensional concept going well beyond purely economic definitions by including social, political, cultural and psychological dimensions as well. The discussion on poverty also has to include important interconnections to topics such as violent conflict, social mobilization and micro-finance, entitlement failures, social exclusion. It will be of special importance to focus more strongly on empirical findings and to promote not only cross-sectional, but also longitudinal studies to understand processes and changes of poverty over time.

The symposium aims to discuss recent research findings on different dimensions of poverty, to establish a network of relationship among scholars and to map out priorities and future directions pertaining to poverty research in Sri Lanka. The symposium is expected to provide a platform to scholars, researchers and policy makers to exchange ideas, and share experience on more recent research on poverty related issue including concepts and measures of poverty, enterprise promotion, social exclusion, and conflict and its impact on poverty.

Please forward this invitation to other scholars working on poverty. For registration please send the attached form giving details about your background regarding poverty research, even if you are unable to participate in the symposium to support our intention to develop a directory on scholars working on poverty issues in Sri Lanka. Admission to the symposium will be based on the submission of the information sheet and the payment of a registration fee of Rs. 500/- at the venue. Please register with us before the 3rd of July 2001.

Supun Ranaweera

President

Section F – SLAAS

Dr. Chris Scott

Program Coodinator

University of Colombo
