International Conference on Social Sciences 2013: Recent submissions

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Current University Education and Challenges faced by Sri Lankan Undergraduates

Upamali M D I (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

As a pioneer on Sri Lankan economic development, higher education has to play a vital role. Global knowledge on all economic activities is compulsory to win challenges of globalization on entire world as well as individual ...
India ? Sri Lanka bi-lateral relations: post-civil war era in Sri Lanka

Thalpawila O N (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

In the first three decades of post independent period India ? Sri Lanka relations were cordial and understanding. In 1980s the relations between both countries were deteriorated with escalating of civil war in Sri Lanka. ...
The impact of climate change on paddy production in Sri Lanka: with reference to Anuradhapura District

Banda, N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Climate Change is defined as a statistically significant variation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability, persisting for an extended period (typically decades or longer). Climate change may be due ...
Political-economy of decentralized governance: a study of Provincial Council System in Sri Lanka

Abeysinghe, A.M.N.C.; Samarakoon, A.K. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

The state-centered approaches to development introduced after the World War II failed to achieve the expected outcomes in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Consequently, as an alternative approach, an innovative institutional ...
Devolution of power in Sri Lanka and good governance: a study on the contribution of Provincial Councils

Mudalige P (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This paper examines devolution of power and good governance in Sri Lanka. Good governance is seen by many as a nebulous concept, which can be interpreted to mean almost anything. However, the board of independent advocacy ...
Relevance of two level game theory in analyzing Sri Lanka s foreign policy (1983-1995)

Gunasena, J.T.S. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

This research paper is purely theory oriented and it explains the relevance of two level game theory in analyzing Sri Lanka?s foreign policy as a small state. The two level game theory explains the foreign policy behavior ...
Impact of women labor migration on savings and investments in Sri Lanka

Kumari J A P (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Sri Lanka has seen a tenfold increase in migrant numbers in the last two decades, and current estimates suggest over one million migrants working abroad with an annual outflow of about 200,000 persons. Over the years, ...
Small states in International Relations Theory: theory and practice

Gunasekara, S.N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

International Relations Theory has largely ignored the security preserving options of small states while emphasizing the strategies and actions employed by great powers. They have little to say about small states. According ...
The impact of population ageing on the economy of Sri Lanka

Menike H R A (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Population ageing is the increase in the proportion of ?older people?, in the total population. Declining fertility and increasing longevity are resulting in ageing of population in both developed and developing countries. ...
Attributes and issues of tourism development in Sri Lanka

Gunarathna, Manjula; Janice, L.H.N.G.A.; Lian Chan, J.K. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

The paper presents interesting comparison between attributes and issues of Sri Lankan tourism as a development strategy using quantitative data and empirical evidences. Numerous previous studies have highlighted that Sri ...
Patterns of expenditure and saving process in rural families in Sri Lanka: a study of Nawagamuwa village in Kegalle District

Sirikumara H S (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Instability of the economy and the cost of living directly affect the patterns of a person?s expenditure and savings. This study pays attention to rural areas and investigates how these factors affected their income, ...
Influence of paddy farming behavior on human health in Sri Lanka

Balasooriya, N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Paddy farming in Sri Lanka can be divided into three schemes according to the source of water availability for farming. Scale of cultivation depends on the schemes. Most of the paddy farmers try to achieve desirable outputs ...
Trends in narcotic consumption among school children in Sri Lanka

Chathuranga, C.D. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Addiction to liquor and drugs has been identified as a serious health issue and a social menace in Sir Lanka today. Apparently, the youngsters in the prime age group have a risk to addict for narcotic consumption. Its ...
Poverty incidence in Sri Lanka: trends and challenges

Semasinghe W M (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Poverty alleviation is the ultimate goal of almost all development strategies which are implementing mainly in developing countries. This is because in a broader sense, development means the expansion of the range of choices ...
Small and medium enterprises and development strategies: a lesson from ASEAN

Gamage, B.N. (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up more than 80% of all businesses in Sri Lanka, and account for about 35% of employment and about 20% of total industrial value addition.This important sector has a crucial role ...
A study on relationship between rural poverty and education

Werake S (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Poverty in Sri Lanka continues to be a growing problem. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Otherwise poverty is a denial of choice and opportunities, a violation of ...
Household poverty determinants and its behaviour over time in the rural sector in Sri Lanka: a comparison between 1990 and 2010

Ranathunga S P (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Poverty brings to the forefront in economic development agenda in successive governments since independence in Sri Lanka. Thus, Sri Lanka has achieved higher human and social development bringing the country to the top ...
The end of the Cold War and the emergence of supranationalism in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Yaya B H; Malam Bashir (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

ECOWAS is a sub-regional integration organization in Africa, whose main objective is the market integration of its fifteen member states. The organization has suffered criticisms as a result of the poor implementation of ...
Productive efficiency based collective decision on allocating land for sharecropping in village irrigation systems of Sri Lanka

Kularatne, M.G.; Wilson Clevo; Pascoe Sean; Robinson Tim (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Literature shows that there is a negative relationship between rice yield and the distance to the field from the water sources in irrigation agriculture. In this paper, we test this fact with respect to the village irrigation ...
Impact of non-farm activities on rural poverty

Rajapaksha U G; Semasinghe W M (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013)

Rural poverty means the deprivation of basic needs of inhabitants in the rural sector, which is a geographic area located outside the cities and towns. Eradicating or at least reducing rural poverty was given highest ...

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