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- Item1865 and the Changes in Education Policies(University of Ceylon, 1970) Wickremeratne, L. A
- ItemA collective look at the transformation of Ceylon,1800-1948(University of Ceylon, 1974) Arasaratnam, S.
- ItemA re-examination of Chinese relations with Sri Lanka during the 15th century A. D(University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka, 1987) Werake, K. M. M
- ItemA scale of perception of teacher characteristics(Sptc)(University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka, 1988) Sedera, U.
- ItemA statistical model for the school leaving process(University of Ceylon, 1974) Sumanasekera, H. D
- ItemA study on supply chain network of textiles and clothing industry in Sri Lanka(University of Peradeniya, 2013) Jayawickrama, A.Like many other emerging economies, Sri Lanka relies more on the performance of its textiles and clothing industry for its export-led growth. Textiles and clothing industry has many stages in its value chain: production of fibers, fabrics, other materials and finished clothing. The distribution of stages of production and marketing activities among countries is important in understanding the industry's value chain. This paper intends to identify the position of Sri Lanka in the value chain of the global textiles and clothing industry. Such information is important in shaping economic policies to improve the competitiveness in global market. We found that Sri Lanka's textiles and clothing industry has important linkages with South Asia, East Asia and ASEAN countries as it outsources a large part of textile materials from these countries. The market for the country's final clothing products is dominated by the US and the EU. Though Sri Lanka's textile material production industry is relatively small at present, the country exports such products to China, India and other South Asian countries, the US, ASEAN and EU countries and to countries where the clothing industry is rapidly expanding. Concentrating more on textile material production is important for Sri Lanka when advancing to the next level of industrialization. This will enable the country to enhance the domestic value addition and labour productivity in the industry.
- ItemAdoption of new varieties by rubber smallholders in Sri Lanka:Trends, problems, and prospects(University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka, 1986) H. M. G. Herath
- ItemAffiliated university college students: Their socio-economic background, educational experiences and educational and occupational aspiration(University of Peradeniya, 1997) De Silva, W.A.; Gunewardena, Chandra
- ItemAn assessment of sector specific living wages for Sri Lankan apparel industry workers(University of Peradeniya, 2013) Kuruppuge, R.H.; Prasanna, R.P.I.R.The workers in the apparel industry are often recognized as precariously employed workers due to low wage. These low wages eventually push the workers into debt, malnutrition, cause health problems, and make workers and their dependents extremely vulnerable to unemployment, disability and faster deterioration in old age. Thus, this study attempts to assess the living wage specific to apparel industry workers to support the contention that living wage can contribute to enhance workers economic and social status in the industry while analyzing the existing wage problem in the industry. The data for the study was sourced from a Local Area Survey carried out both in- and out-side Free Trade Zones during September 2012. The study adopted the nutritional based living wage estimation method to derive the living wage for industry workers by employing actual expenditure patterns of workers on food and non-food consumption. The result indicated a significantly high gap between the actual wage and the living wage, indicating the precarious situation of low wage women workers. Finally, it was evident that filling this high gap between living and actual wage and implementing living wage in the apparel industry lead to solving many problems related to workers and the industry in the country.
- ItemArrack, Toddy and Ceylonese nationalism : Some observations on the temperance movement 1912 - 1921(University of Ceylon, 1971) Fernando, Tissa
- ItemArticles on Sri Lanka,1970-1973(University of Ceylon, 1973) De Silva, Daya
- ItemArticles on Sri Lanka,1974(University of Sri Lanka, 1975) De Silva, Daya
- ItemBandara Ratmale pillar inscription(University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka, 1987) Ranawella, S
- ItemBook review "Dutch and British colonial intervention in Sri Lanka 1780-1815: expansion and reform"(University of Peradeniya, 2013) De Silva, B.As the tile of the book points to, the study of both Dutch and British periods has been attempted by the author in this single monograph but the British phase is restricted to the intervention in the maritime areas. In this phase, the Dutch experiment formed the guiding principle in laying down the administrative policy except for Governor North's ill-conceived introduction of Madrasi tax farmers which led to revolt and their recall. The Dutch administrator of Batticaloa, the young Swiss merchant, Jacob Burnand had influenced the British system of early administration so much so that the author observes that 'by adopting the image of the former regime to his own ideals, by stressing its stability, experienced and what he called "enlightened" background, Burnand legitimized Maitland's own course in the island, based on his own idea about the progress and development of societies'
- ItemCalculating merchant rulers and cultivating colonial subjects: coffee cultivation in Java and Sri Lanka under the Dutch East India company to 1740 A. D(University of Peradeniya ,Sri Lanka, 1976) Goonewardena, K. W
- ItemCaste and matriclan structure in Eastern Sri Lanka: A preliminary report on fiedwork in Akkraipattu(University of Ceylon, 1973) Mcgilvray, Dennis B
- ItemChanges in economic policy and their impact on internal trade in Sri Lanka(1997) Samarawickreme, N.D.
- ItemCinchona cultivation in nineteenth century Ceylon(University of Ceylon, 1974) Ameer Ali, A. C. L
- ItemCivil society organizations in Sri Lanka: Their strengths and weaknesses(University of Peradeniya, 2007) Jayasinghe, Rajeeva
- ItemCommunalism and political modernisation in Ceylon(University of Ceylon, 1970) Kodikara, S. U